Rita Ritter

A writer tries unsuccessfully to sell his screenplays and plays. He marries a television editor, but she only wants to fuck him and thinks nothing of his work. He then remembers his old Parisian lover Rita, calls himself Rita from then on and becomes her wife. When a French director stages a play of his, he meets Rita again in Paris and the two women become a happy couple.

Cast

Annamirl Bierbichler

as Rita

Christiane Cohendy

as Rita

Barbara Valentin

as Mrs. Holch

Armin Mueller-Stahl

as Cloos

Eva Mattes

as Bride

Josef Bierbichler

as Groom

Herbert Achternbusch

as Passenger

Tchéky Karyo

as Man

Sylvie Favre

as Theater Actress

Maïté Nahyr

as Theater Actress

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