简介：Afictionalnarrativeandadocumentaryinterviewaremixedtogetherinthisfilmabouttwowomendeprivedofindependenceformanyyearsbecauseofeithertheirfamilyobligationsoranauthoritarianspouse.Inthefictionalsegment,basedonanovelbyAlexandraKollontai(thefirstSovietambassadortoSwedenandanearlyadvocateofwomen'srights),theyoungwomanVassilissa(SaschaHammer)learnshowtostanduptoherwomanizinghusband(MarkEins).DirectorRosavonPraunheimplaysthisstoryoutinthetoneofanearly20thcentury"morality"play.ThesecondfocusofthefilmisaboutHelgaGoetze,amotherofsevenchildrenwholeftherbroodwhenshewas50yearsold(andheryoungestwasalready16)tojointheOttoMuehlCommuneinViennaandlivealiberatedlifeofsexualfreedom,filledwithinvolvementinthearts,literature,andpolitics.HelgamovedtotheKreuzbergdistrictofWestBerlin,wheretheon-camerainterviewwasconducted.DirectorPraunheimoptedforinterspersingfictionalanddocumentarysegmentssoastobetterchroniclethemovetowardindependenceandsexual"liberation"onthepartofthetwomainfemaleprotagonists.…