The Seventh Year

Dr Barbara Heim a heart surgeon and Gunter Heim a wellknown actor have been married for seven years They have a sixyearold daughter Both partners are totally taken up by their work which is physically and mentally demanding So there is little time left for family life and the strained relations worsen and finally plunge Barbara into a crisis shortly before their seventh wedding anniversary At this very point a child dies in hospital prompting Barbara to ask herself in desperation if and for how long she can put up with the double burden of career and family On top of this she notices that Gunter is starting to compare her to other women