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Her Third
(Der Dritte)

Screening on Film
Directed by Egon Guenther.
With Jutta Hoffmann, Barbara Dittus, Armin Mueller-Stah.
East Germany, 1972, 35mm, color, 111 min.
German with English subtitles.

Told in a series of flashbacks, Her Third recounts eighteen years of a woman's life. After two failed relationships, each of which produces a child, a newly liberated Margit discovers herself. This engaging story which stars Jutta Hoffmann and Armin Mueller-Stahl is a a testament to the evolving self-confidence and independence of East German women.

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Alain Kassanda,
2026 McMillan-Stewart Fellow