The Marriage of Maria Braun

Name: The Marriage of Maria Braun
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Released: 1979-03-23T00:00:00+00:00
Rating: 7.4

1979 · TMDB 7.4 · Die Ehe der Maria Braun

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.

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Fassbinder's tale of a woman who claws her way through post-war Germany, starring Hanna Schygulla, is the first in his BRD trilogy, a savage portrait of economic miracle and moral decay.

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Hanna Schygulla Klaus Löwitsch Ivan Desny George Eagles Gisela Uhlen Elisabeth Trissenaar Gottfried John Hark Bohm Günter Lamprecht Lilo Pempeit Michael Ballhaus Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director · Rainer Werner Fassbinder Producer · Michael Fengler Producer · Hanns Eckelkamp Producer · Wolf-Dietrich Brücker Producer · Volker Canaris Writer · Pea Fröhlich Writer · Peter Märthesheimer Cinematography · Michael Ballhaus Composer · Peer Raben Editor · Rainer Werner Fassbinder Editor · Juliane Lorenz

Runtime: 120 min
Released: 1979-03-23
Studio: Albatros Filmproduktion
Country: Germany
Language: French
TMDB score: 7.4

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Fassbinder's tale of a woman who claws her way through post-war Germany, starring Hanna Schygulla, is the first in his BRD trilogy, a savage portrait of economic miracle and moral decay.