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Actors: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Marriage of Maria Braun |
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THE MARRIAGE OE MARIA BRAUN (Die Ehe der Maria Braun) is a movie cowritten and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1979. The picture was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and won 5 German Academy Awards. This movie can be considered as a study of the destiny of a woman or as an allegory of Germany's political and economical evolution during the years after WWII.
The setting is a big city of Germany at the end of WWII. Maria Braun has just married Herrmann who must go back to the front on the next day. When the war is finally over, Maria will wait for weeks that Herrman reappears. After having been told that Herrman has died, Maria decides to work in a night-club where she makes the acquaintance of Bill, a black american soldier, with whom she'll live for a few months, until Herrman reappears and kills Bill.
Herrman is condemned to jail for murder but a still loving Maria decides to do everything she can in order to offer him a house and a good life for the time of his release. With this project in mind and Herrman's tacit agreement, she will seduce the factory owner Karl Oswald, become his mistress, be hired as a consultant in the factory management and reveal herself as a competent businesswoman.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Marriage of Maria Braun |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- German
Woman/class/friends story?
- woman's story
Story of city/rural life?
- Big City
Culture of surrounding area:
- German
Lover is...
- of another race (interracial loving!)
Coping with loss of loved one?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing full frontal--men
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- German
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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