The Whole of Life
1983, German. Directed by Bruno Moll.
Barbara, a fifty-year-old lesbian whose lifespan has taken her through correction homes, mental hospitals, prisons and bouts of prostitution, approached Bruno Moll suggesting that she made a film of her life. Moll agrees and hires an actress, Serena Way. To interpret episodes in Barbara’s past. Barbara has in mind a Hollywood-style bio starring an actress on the order of Susan Hayward dramatically telling her story of a life ruined by bourgeois standards. The result is a semi-documentary mixing black and white segments of Barbara and Serena discussing the project with color scenes depicting little stories from the 1950’s, the heyday of bourgeois existence.
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 28 January 1983
- Original title
- Das ganze Leben
- Country
- Switzerland
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The Whole of Life runs 112 minutes (1h 52m).
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The Whole of Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 28 January 1983. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Whole of Life?
The Whole of Life (1983) was directed by Bruno Moll and stars Guerino Faoro, Marie-Louise H., Brigitte Hengartner.