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Judith Kemp

2004 · 90 min

A grounded, earnest drama that balances courtroom advocacy with the quiet strain of single parenthood, asking you to care about its moral weight.

Directed by
Helmut Metzger
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Jennifer Nitsch, Gesine Cukrowski, Gunter Berger
Overview
Judith Kemp has become a lone fighter since the death of her husband. As a single mother of two children and an aspiring star lawyer in a large corporate law firm, Judith manages her job and family. Inevitably, someone often falls by the wayside: their children Julia and Marco, their friend, pediatrician Susanne Blau, and their boss Stefan Walther, who wants to promote Judith to partner not only in the office. Only her job as lawyer for the economic bosses is rarely neglected - until Judith meets little Eva Traber: her father has run away and does not pay a tired euro maintenance, her mother Helena can no longer get her debts under control despite several jobs. The three children are often left on their own and grow up in poverty. Judith's sense of justice does not leave her alone: She makes Eva's business hers. As her child advocate, she fights with full commitment for the rights of the girl and her siblings. So begins a follow ...

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Directed by
Helmut Metzger
Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Starring
Jennifer Nitsch, Gesine Cukrowski, Gunter Berger
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • family
  • class
  • parenthood
  • work
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
tv movie, drama
Directed by
Helmut Metzger
Starring
Jennifer Nitsch, Gesine Cukrowski, Gunter Berger, Julia Richter, Dieter Mann, Sven Pippig, Soraya Richter
Runtime
90 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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