Christina
During the Thirty Years' War, Christine, an orphan, fall in love with Count Merian. In order to always be with him, she dressed as a man. Little by little Christine realizes that the man she loves is completely brutalized by the war. When she dates him in place of a peasant fire, she is horrified by his brutality. She shoots him in the duel. Christine is sentenced to death as a man, but acquitted as a woman.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Released
- 1949
Details
Release year: 1949
Storyline
During the Thirty Years' War, Christine, an orphan, fall in love with Count Merian. In order to always be with him, she dressed as a man. Little by little Christine realizes that the man she loves is completely brutalized by the war. When she dates him in place of a peasant fire, she is horrified by his brutality. She shoots him in the duel. Christine is sentenced to death as a man, but acquitted as a woman.
Top credits
- Wolfgang Lukschy — Merian
- Ilse Hülper — Lady Winterton
- Wolfgang Kühne — Lord Winterton
- Petra Peters — Christine