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Martha (I) (1974)A single woman in her early thirties, Martha (Margit Carstensen) is on vacation with her father in Europe when he has a heart attack and falls down dead... See full summary » Director:Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
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Margit Carstensen | ... |
Martha Salomon, née Heyer
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Barbara Valentin | ... |
Marianne
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Peter Chatel | ... |
Kaiser
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Gisela Fackeldey | ... |
Mother Heyer
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Adrian Hoven | ... |
Father Heyer
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Ortrud Beginnen | ... |
Erna
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Wolfgang Schenck | ... |
Meister
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Günter Lamprecht | ... |
Dr. Herbert Salomon
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El Hedi ben Salem | ... |
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Rudolf Lenz | ... |
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Kurt Raab | ... |
Secretary - German embassy
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Elma Karlowa | ... |
Waitress
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A single woman in her early thirties, Martha (Margit Carstensen) is on vacation with her father in Europe when he has a heart attack and falls down dead. She reacts rather indifferently and returns home to her highly-strung mother and begins to new era of her life taking care of a completely ungrateful and insulting mother (declining an offer of marriage from her boss). After a barrage of verbal abuse and offensive remarks from her mother who see's her as an 'ugly old spinster' she accepts a proposal of marriage from an equally insulting and disrespectful man, Helmuth. They honeymoon in Italy. While there Helmuth resigns Martha from the job that she loves, sends her mother to a mental institution, and lets his wife get horribly burnt in the sun while sleeping, then painfully rapes her. Martha gets back to Germany to find that Helmuth has rented them a new house, and she will not be able to return to her old home even to collect any of her things... Written by K Wedgwood
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West GermanyRelease Date:
(West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Gymni brosta sto dolofono See more »Box Office
Budget:
DEM 500,000 (estimated)Gross:
AUD 15,804 (Australia)Company Credits
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Because of legal reasons, the film wasn't shown for over 20 Years. Cornell Woolrich claimed that the film has a lot similarities to one of his novels. Fassbinder replied, that he first read the story after filming was complete. Nevetheless Woolrich got a writing-credit, and after his death they were able to clear the rights. The first German screening of a restored edition was in November 1997. See more »
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