Bonn 1948. The member of parliament and lawyer Elisabeth Selbert fights tirelessly for the inclusion of the sentence "Men and women have equal rights" in the Basic Law of the future Federal Republic of Germany. Despite the opposition she encounters during sessions in the Parliamentary Council , there is _she does not stop and stubbornly sticks to her plan . Selbert experiences a grandiose triumph when her application is included in the new Basic Law under Article 3, Paragraph 2 . In doing so , she lays the foundation for what has now been a 65-year political and social debate on the subjectEqual rights.
Erica von Moeller
Director
Ulla Ziemann
Writer

Anna Maria Mühe
Irma Lankwitz

Iris Berben
Elisabeth Selbert

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Frieda Nadig

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Helene Wessel
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Helene Weber

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Adam Selbert

Walter Sittler
Albert Finck

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