HELENE WEIGEL is the story of a pioneering „woman of the century“ who does not fit into any pigeonhole and who helped shape the cultural life of the 20th century across borders. The upheavals of European history are mirrored in her life story. A modern and poetically told film about a European theatre icon and personality, about the passionate desire to act, art, revolt, love and life in exile and being unwanted, about the balancing act between family and one’s calling, about utopias, survival and attitude in difficult times.

A film with Birgit Minichmayr, August Diehl, Katharina Thalbach, Sarah Brecht, Johanna Schall, Vera Tenschert, Sabine Kebir, Manfred Karge, Sanda Weigl and Kathleen Dunmore