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Dominican Rep. The Marriage of Maria Braun
- Original title
- Die Ehe der Maria Braun
- Year
- 1979
- Running time
- 119 min.
- Country
Germany - West Germany (FRG)- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Hanna Schygulla
Klaus Löwitsch
Ivan Desny
Gisela Uhlen
Elisabeth Trissenaar
Gottfried John
Hark Bohm- George Byrd
Claus Holm
Günter Lamprecht
Lilo Pempeit
Isolde Barth
Günther Kaufmann- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Prostitution. 1940s. 1950s
- Movie Groups
- BRD Trilogy
- Synopsis
- While bombs are fall ing all over the place during World War II , Hermann Braun and Maria get married. One night is all they have before Herrmann has to go to war again. After war has ended - her husband apparently died - Maria has an affair with GI Bill, a coloured person. But Herrmann comes back home unexpectedly. During the confrontation with her husband and her lover Maria kills Bill. Herrman takes it upon himself and has to go to prison. Maria meets Oswald, a rich factory owner, and becomes indispensable in his company and in his life while she waits for Herrmann to get out of prison. When that day has come he disapperas without leaving a trace. Only after Oswald's death he reappears. Instead of having a welcome back party a catastrophe occurs: Maria leaves the gas open - on purpose or by mistake - and while Germany is about to win in the wold cup finale in 1954 the building is shaken by a huge explosion.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1979: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear, Silver Bear - Best Actress (Schygulla)1979: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Foreign Film1979: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Actress (Schygulla)1978: 5 German Film Awards: including Film Award in Silver and Best Director1979: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Actress.1979: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Five Foreing Films.
- Critics' reviews
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"The stark atmosphere, icy performances, and poignant revelations make it one of the most important films to emerge from Germany in the 1970s, and one of Fassbinder's best."
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"Fassbinder himself was cruel and distant to those around him, particularly those who loved him, and in Maria Braun, he created an indelible monster who is perversely fascinating."
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"Though Fassbinder takes a more open attitude toward his characters, letting them exist as fully developed psychological specimens, his deadly irony continues to operate on the level of mise-en-scene."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 53 My Favorite German Movies (25)
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