Poster-style image featuring a close-up of a woman’s face with striking blue eyes, partially framed by a door or wall. She wears a patterned headscarf and looks directly forward with a calm, serious expression. In the background on the left, a man in a suit with a cigarette looks sideways. The title “The Destinies of Women” appears in large white text at the top. Additional text and festival laurels appear near the bottom, along with the DEFA Film Library logo.

Destinies of Women

Original title: Frauenschicksale
Director: Slatan Dudow


GDR, 1952, 105 min, color
In German; English subtitles


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