The Marriage of Maria Braun | |
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Directed by | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Written by | Peter Märthesheimer Pea Fröhlich Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Produced by | Michael Fengler |
Starring | Hanna Schygulla Klaus Löwitsch Ivan Desny Gisela Uhlen |
Cinematography | Michael Ballhaus |
Edited by | Franz Walsch Juliane Lorenz |
Music by | Peer Raben |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Languages | German English |
Budget | 1.975 million DM[1] |
Box office | $5.6 million[2][3] $1.1 million (US/Canada)[4] |
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, whose marriage to the soldier Hermann remains unfulfilled due to World War II and his postwar imprisonment. Maria adapts to the realities of postwar Germany and becomes a wealthy industrialist's mistress while staying true to her love for 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.[5] It is the first installment of his BRD Trilogy, followed by Lola (1981) and Veronika Voss (1982).
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