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Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven

Original title: Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel
  • 19751975
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2K
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POPULARITY
55,868
3,633
Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1975)
Drama
Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her annoying dau... Read allFrau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. But the point is moot: Mr. Kusters has murdered the personn... Read allFrau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. But the point is moot: Mr. Kusters has murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he works--and followed that by committing suicide.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
55,868
3,633
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    • Director
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    • Writers
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
      • Kurt Raab
      • Heinrich Zille(story "Mutter Krausens Fahrt Ins Glück")
    • Stars
      • Brigitte Mira
      • Ingrid Caven
      • Margit Carstensen
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    • Writers
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
      • Kurt Raab
      • Heinrich Zille(story "Mutter Krausens Fahrt Ins Glück")
    • Stars
      • Brigitte Mira
      • Ingrid Caven
      • Margit Carstensen
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Karlheinz Böhm and Margit Carstensen in Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1975)

    Top cast

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    Brigitte Mira
    Brigitte Mira
    • Emma Küsters
    Ingrid Caven
    Ingrid Caven
    • Corinna
    Margit Carstensen
    Margit Carstensen
    • Marianne Thälmann
    Karlheinz Böhm
    Karlheinz Böhm
    • Karl Thälmann
    Irm Hermann
    Irm Hermann
    • Helene
    Gottfried John
    Gottfried John
    • Niemeyer
    Peter Kern
    Peter Kern
    • Nachtclubbesitzer
    Kurt Raab
    Kurt Raab
    • Barbesitzer Gustav
    Gustav Holzapfel
    • Herr Holzapfel
    Lilo Pempeit
    • Sekretärin
    Peter Chatel
    Peter Chatel
    • Photograph
    Peter Bollag
    • Photograph
    Vitus Zeplichal
    • Reporter
    Volker Spengler
    Volker Spengler
    • Photograph
    Y Sa Lo
    • Terroristin
    Armin Meier
    • Ernst
    Matthias Fuchs
    Matthias Fuchs
    • Knab
    Adrian Hoven
    Adrian Hoven
    • Redacteur - in - chief Linke
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    • Writers
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
      • Kurt Raab
      • Heinrich Zille(story "Mutter Krausens Fahrt Ins Glück")
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Final theatrical film of Karlheinz Böhm.
    • Quotes

      Emma Küsters: Everybody's out for something. Once you realize that, everything is simple.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Role Play: Women on Fassbinder (1992)

    User reviews13

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    Top review
    7/10
    Finally! A Fassbinder movie that I like!
    Mother Kunters is just so drolly funny. The story is about a woman coping with her husband's death. Her husband died after he fell into some machinery at work. Oh, and there's something else. Her husband killed 2 people on the job before doing himself in. Actually, if you listen closely during the first 15 minutes of the movie, the "There's something else" line is repeated 3 times, which is very oddly funny. Mrs. Kunsters is of course, devastated by the news, and when her children get together, they all don't really get along, and deal with the death in different ways, her daughter is especially malicious, using the death to promote her laughable music career. Mrs Kusters, not finding solace anywhere, finally finds a couple willing to listen and feel compassion. Problem is of course, they're COMMUNISTS! Ha ha. Pretty soon they're convincing poor Mrs Kusters that her husband's death is directly related to The Plight of The Common Worker! I mean, that's priceless. Pretty soon, she's getting caught up with the hardline commies and soon violently protesting against newspapers that published negative stories about her husband. I mean, clearly we're dealing with manipulation, (both personal and political) and Fassbinder does it brilliantly here. As you could tell by the title of my review, I'm not the biggest Fassbinder fan, but I personally loved this one. Although the ending (the American one even more so) leaves a little bit to be desired, I, all in all, enjoyed this tremendously.
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    • Jul 31, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 2, 1976 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
    • Filming locations
      • Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Filmverlag der Autoren
      • Tango Film
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • DEM 750,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,144
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,623
      • Feb 16, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,144
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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