Im Damenstift | movie | 1984 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Ehreshoven Castle - half an hour from Cologne - is home to 16 countesses, baronesses and baronesses aged between 76 and  | dG1fSjVETFR5WWU5Sm8

Transcript

00:00 The National Bank of Germany

00:03 Everyone is somehow obliged.

00:05 You can't do anything about where you were born.

00:11 It's not uncomfortable for me.

00:14 I lived wonderfully and peacefully and had no worries.

00:19 At the moment it's just a part of the name. There is no more eagle.

00:24 We were left with nothing.

00:27 We never really got to know the value of money.

00:33 We only got it because we took everything.

00:39 The marriage

00:44 I was terrified of marrying without a means.

00:49 It depended on the man. I was so terrified, I couldn't decide.

00:55 I've been here the longest. I've been here 34 years.

01:00 I came here as a nurse to look after my sister.

01:09 Many people know each other from childhood and are even related.

01:16 You don't see that in many other homes.

01:22 It's such a homogeneous group.

01:26 It's like in a monastery. It's very similar.

01:31 You can only smoke.

01:33 I'm always annoyed by the women.

01:37 On Mondays I get a fit, but that's not a problem.

01:41 The National Bank of Germany