Bonn 1948. The member of parliament and lawyer Elisabeth Selbert fights tirelessly for the inclusion of the sentence "Men and women have equal rights" in the Basic Law of the future Federal Republic of Germany. Despite the opposition she encounters during sessions in the Parliamentary Council , there is _she does not stop and stubbornly sticks to her plan . Selbert experiences a grandiose triumph when her application is included in the new Basic Law under Article 3, Paragraph 2 . In doing so , she lays the foundation for what has now been a 65-year political and social debate on the subjectEqual rights.
Top Cast
Anna Maria Mühe as Irma Lankwitz
Iris Berben as Elisabeth Selbert
Lena Stolze as Frieda Nadig
Maja Schöne as Lore Mertens
Eleonore Weisgerber as Helene Wessel
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