We Are Half The World

Overview

They were, at best mocked or ridiculed, at worst incarcerated, tortured, or even beheaded. But they would not be deterred. For decades ten thousands of women in Germany, Great Britain, in France, the U.S. and many other countries fought for their right to vote. Some used the institutions, others turned into media savvy politicians, and still others turned to terrorism, went on hunger strike, or died as martyrs. 100 years later we tell a multi-perspective and emotional story of the international fight, against all odds, for women’s suffrage as an important step towards equal rights.

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Cast

Jeanette Hain

Marguerite Durand

Angelina Häntsch

Josefine

Johanna Gastdorf

Anita Augsburg

Esther Schweins

Emmeline Pankhurst

Anke Retzlaff

Christabel Pankhurst

Harald Schrott

George Clemenceau

Karl Knaup

Premierminister Asquith

Paula Hans

Marie Juchacz

Anja Antonowicz

Anne Weber

Lida Heymann