The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Die Ehe der Maria Braun
120 min
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.
- Release date
- February 20, 1979
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Music
- Peer Raben
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Trailer
Cast
- Hanna Schygulla as Maria Braun
- Klaus Löwitsch as Hermann Braun
- Ivan Desny as Karl Oswald
- George Eagles as Bill
- Gisela Uhlen as Mother
- Elisabeth Trissenaar as Betti Klenze
- Gottfried John as Willi Klenze
- Hark Bohm as Senkenberg
- Günter Lamprecht as Hans Wetzel
- Lilo Pempeit as Frau Ehmke
- Michael Ballhaus as Counsel
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Peddler
- Günther Kaufmann as American on Train
- Claus Holm as Doctor
- Sonja Neudorfer as Red Cross Nurse
- Volker Spengler as Train Conductor
- Isolde Barth as Vevi
- Bruce Low as American at Conference
- Karl-Heinz von Hassel as Prosecuting Counsel
- Hannes Kaetner as Justice of the Peace
- Peter Berling as Bronski (as Berling)
- Rolf Bührmann as Warden
- Norbert Scherer as Warden
Crew
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Director
- Pea Fröhlich · Writer
- Peter Märthesheimer · Writer
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Writer
- Wolf-Dietrich Brücker · Producer
- Volker Canaris · Producer
- Peer Raben · Composer
- Michael Ballhaus · Cinematographer
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Editor
- Juliane Lorenz · Editor
- Norbert Scherer · Production designer