The Lost Honor 

of Katharina Blum

Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Special Edition 

Condition is “like new”

Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta

Germany

1975

106 minutes

Color

1.66:1

German

Spine #177

When a young woman spends the night with an alleged terrorist, her quiet, ordered life falls into ruins. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum portrays an anxious era in West Germany amid a crumbling postwar political consensus. Katharina, though apparently innocent, suddenly becomes a suspect, falling prey to a vicious smear campaign by the police and a ruthless tabloid journalist that tests the limits of her dignity and her sanity. Crafting one of the most accessible and direct works of 1970s political filmmaking, Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta deliver a powerful adaptation of Heinrich Böll’s novel, a stinging commentary on state power, individual freedom, and media manipulation that is as relevant today as when it was released.

Special Edition Features

New 4K digital restoration, approved by codirector Volker Schlöndorff and producer Eberhard Junkersdorf, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

Interview from 2002 with codirectors Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta

Interview from 2002 with director of photography Jost Vacano

Excerpts from a 1977 documentary on author Heinrich Böll

Trailer

PLUS: An essay by film critic Amy Taubin