Die Frau des Reporters

Overview

In the spring of 1980, Esther Jochmann, a young Austrian woman, flies to San Salvador. Her husband, a journalist, has been killed. She has to identify his corpse so that the authorities will allow it to be transferred to Europe. She learns that Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was also a victim of an assassination, had granted a taped interview to her husband. Padre Manuel hands the tape over to her. Esther accompanies the Padre and John, an American reporter, who are trying to find the murderers.

Cast

Malena Doria

Dona Marta

Miguel Ehrenberg

John

Marthe Keller

Esther

Dieter Koll

Attache at German Embassy in El Salvador