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The Marriage of Maria Braun [DVD]/ written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: FCD269 | ArrowLanguage: German Summary language: English Publication details: [U.K.] : Arrow Films, 2006.Description: 1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Die Ehe der Maria Braun
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • DVD 118A
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; music, Peer Raben.
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus L_witsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen.Summary: The first of a trilogy about women in post-World War II Germany, The marriage of Maria Braun, turns the melodramatic story of the titular heroine's climb up the economic ladder into a historical allegory about both the post-war German "economic miracle" and 1970s West Germany. During the allied siege of Germany in the last year of the war, Maria's new husband is shipped off to the Russian front before the marriage is consummated. As she struggles to survive wartime deprivations, Maria haunts the local train station, seeking out information concerning her husband. When it appears that she's a widow, Maria takes a job as a barmaid and befriends a black soldier from the occupying allied troops, who sees to it that Maria's family receives vital food and supplies. The opportunistic Maria eventually takes a job with a wealthy importer, building herself up to a position of power and indispensability.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
3 Day Loan LSAD Library DVD collection DVD 118A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100422022
3 Day Loan LSAD Library DVD collection DVD 118A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 39002100422592

Originally produced as motion picture in 1979.

Special features: Fassbinder Frauen - the women of Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Fassbinder Familia; Florian Hopf on R.W. Fassbinder (30 min. documentary); The little chaos (short film); theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; music, Peer Raben.

Hanna Schygulla, Klaus L_witsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen.

The first of a trilogy about women in post-World War II Germany, The marriage of Maria Braun, turns the melodramatic story of the titular heroine's climb up the economic ladder into a historical allegory about both the post-war German "economic miracle" and 1970s West Germany. During the allied siege of Germany in the last year of the war, Maria's new husband is shipped off to the Russian front before the marriage is consummated. As she struggles to survive wartime deprivations, Maria haunts the local train station, seeking out information concerning her husband. When it appears that she's a widow, Maria takes a job as a barmaid and befriends a black soldier from the occupying allied troops, who sees to it that Maria's family receives vital food and supplies. The opportunistic Maria eventually takes a job with a wealthy importer, building herself up to a position of power and indispensability.

DVD-Video; Region 2; Stereo 2.0.

Colour recording system: PAL.

DVD. (Split from Boxed set - commemorative collection 69-72)

In German with optional English subtitles.

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