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The Marriage of Maria Braun

7.3 / 10

120 minutes

1979-03-23

French

DE

Actors :

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, Günther Kaufmann, Claus Holm, Anton Schiersner

Description

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.

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

9/13/2024, 6:58:30 AM

With the defeat of the Nazis looming large, "Maria" (Hanna Schygulla) marries her sweet-heart "Hermann" (Klaus Löwitch) before he is promptly sent off to the front and she loses all trace of him. With her nation now in ruins, she has no way of surviving and so has to adapt by using her wits, guile and even her body to keep alive. Fortunately, she alights on an American soldier who enables her to k...