- Zwei Frauen
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name = Zwei Frauen
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director =Carl Schenkel
producer =Michael Röhrig Carl Schenkel
writer =Bea Hellmann Carl Schenkel
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starring =Jami Gertz Martha Plimpton
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distributor =Moviestore Entertainment
released = 1989
runtime = 104 min.
country =Germany / U.S.
language = English
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imdb_id = 0098721"Zwei Frauen" (American title: "Silence Like Glass") is a 1989 German dramatic film. (Though made in Germany it is set in America and features an American cast with all English dialogue.) The film stars
Jami Gertz as Eva, a wealthy, snobbishballerina who is diagnosed with cancer. She is admitted into the youth cancer ward at a hospital where she is forced into humility by her disease. She rooms with fellow cancer patient Claudia (Martha Plimpton ), and the majority of the film revolves around their interactions together in their hospital room.Ultimately Eva goes into remission and is able to continue her life, but not before witnessing another young woman's death and also assisting Claudia to suicide.
The film was nominated for Outstanding Feature Film at the
German Film Awards . Notably, actress Plimpton shaved her head for this role, a move that would steer the direction of her career for the next several years. (She would again appear bald in the film "Parenthood " and accompanied then-boyfriendRiver Phoenix to the Oscars with a bald head.)External links
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