The Marriage of Maria Braun
Drama • 1979 • 2 hr
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Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, George Eagles, Gisela Uhlen
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A brilliant movie about longing and isolation. It works beautifully
A woman rebrands and reclaims her life as a metaphor for Germany rebuilding after WWII. Cynical and slightly humorous drama. 7 out of 10.
31/2* Maria uses wits to survive post-Hitler Germany. Hooks up with U.S. soldier, finds her war-weary husband. Shows how war has no winners.
Great exploration of the intersection between gender and class, showing what a woman will go through to thrive in postwar Germany
One of Fassbinder's more literal history films but also one of his more accessible for that reason
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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.
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the couple's relationship escalates in intensity, Veronika begins seriously planning her return to the screen -- only to realize how debilitated she has become through her drug habit.
