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Frieda's Case

Frieda's Case

Chronicles the fate of Frieda Keller, a young seamstress in St. Gallen who, in 1904, is accused of murdering her 5-year-old son Ernstli.

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‘Frieda’s Case’: Maria Brendle’s Debut Feature About a 1904 Swiss Trial Has Modern and Global Echoes

‘Frieda’s Case’: Maria Brendle’s Debut Feature About a 1904 Swiss Trial Has Modern and Global Echoes

The writer-director of the film, which is traveling to the Beijing festival, included a message to women’s rights advocates around the world and has been told that it "absolutely needs to be shown" in the U.S.