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The Marriage Of Maria Braun

1978, Movie, R, 120 mins

The Marriage Of Maria Braun: Review

MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN, THE | DIE EHE DER MARIA BRAUN

She eludes you, even if she does start--and finish--with a bang. The first in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's trilogy about women in post-WWII Germany (followed by VERONIKA VOSS and LOLA), this was also the film that solidified Fassbinder's reputation abroad and in Germany. In the opening sequence, a German city is being torn apart by Allied bombs while Maria (Hanna Schygulla) and her soldier fiance, Hermann Braun (Klaus Lowitsch), are getting married. Immediately afterwards, the... read more leave a comment