The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
- Original title
- Die Ehe der Maria Braun
- Directed by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Genre
- drama film, art film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 301 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman marries a German soldier during World War II and spends years apart from him. To survive in postwar Germany, she works as a sex worker and later becomes the mistress of a wealthy businessman, eventually building a career in business while waiting for her husband's return.
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What happens
The Marriage of Maria Braun (German: Die Ehe der Maria Braun) is a 1979 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Hanna Schygulla as Maria, who marries German soldier Hermann Braun during World War II. The couple spend over a decade apart due to forces largely beyond Maria's control. To survive in postwar Germany, Maria becomes a sex worker, a wealthy industrialist's mistress, and eventually a ruthless capitalist during the German economic miracle, while still asserting her loyalty to Hermann. The Marriage of Maria Braun was one of Fassbinder's more successful works and shaped the image of the New German Cinema. It has also been acclaimed by many critics as one of Fassbinder's most profound films. It is the first installment of his BRD Trilogy, followed by Lola (1981) and Veronika Voss (1982). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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