# The Left-Handed Woman

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1977 film

The Left-Handed Woman Film poster Directed by Peter Handke Written by Peter Handke Produced by Wim Wenders Starring Edith Clever Cinematography Robby Müller Edited by Peter Przygodda Production company Filmverlag der Autoren Distributed by Filmverlag der Autoren Release date 30 October 1977 (1977-10-30) (Hof Film Festival) Running time 119 minutes Country West Germany Language German

***The Left-Handed Woman*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Die linkshändige Frau***) is a 1977 West German [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Peter Handke](/source/Peter_Handke). It was based on Handke's own novel. It was entered into the [1978 Cannes Film Festival](/source/1978_Cannes_Film_Festival).[1]

## Cast

- [Edith Clever](/source/Edith_Clever) as Marianne

- [Bruno Ganz](/source/Bruno_Ganz) as Bruno

- [Bernhard Minetti](/source/Bernhard_Minetti) as The father

- [Bernhard Wicki](/source/Bernhard_Wicki) as The publisher

- [Angela Winkler](/source/Angela_Winkler) as Franziska

- [Rüdiger Vogler](/source/R%C3%BCdiger_Vogler) as The actor

- [Michael Lonsdale](/source/Michael_Lonsdale) as The waiter

- [Jany Holt](/source/Jany_Holt) as Woman in the meeting place

- [Gérard Depardieu](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Depardieu) as Man with the T-shirt

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-festival-cannes.com_1-0)** ["Festival de Cannes: The Left-Handed Woman"](http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1955/year/1978.html). *festival-cannes.com*. Retrieved 12 May 2009.

## External links

- [*The Left-Handed Woman*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076316/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Peter Handke Bibliography Drama Offending the Audience (1966) Kaspar (1967) Walk about the Villages (1981) The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (1992) Storm Still (2010) Poetry The Innerworld of the Outerworld of the Innerworld (1969) Nonsense and Happiness (1974) To Duration (1986) Prose The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1970) Short Letter, Long Farewell (1972) A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (1972) A Moment of True Feeling (1975) The Weight of the World (1977) Slow Homecoming (1979–1981) Repetition (1986) Once Again for Thucydides (1990) My Year in the No-Man's-Bay (1994) A Journey to the Rivers (1996) Crossing the Sierra de Gredos (2002) The Moravian Night (2008) The Ballad of the Last Guest (2023) Films directed The Left-Handed Woman (1978) The Absence (1992) Films written only The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (1972) The Wrong Move (1975) Wings of Desire (1987) Works about Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late (film, 2016)

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