The Marriage of Maria Braun

The Marriage of Maria Braun

  • Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Writer: Pea Fröhlich,Peter Märthesheimer,Rainer Werner Fas
  • Countries of origin: West Germany
  • Language: German, English, French
  • Release date: March 23, 1979
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
  • Also known as: Die Ehe der Maria Braun
  • Die Ehe der Maria Braun is a drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Hanna Schygulla and Ivan Desny . It was released in West Germany on March 23, 1979.
    The film tells the story of Maria's various life ordeals and her emotional entanglements with Herman and Oswald. In 1979, the film won the Silver Film Award for Outstanding Feature Film at the 29th German Film Awards   .

    Details

    • Release date March 23, 1979
    • Filming locations Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies Albatros Filmproduktion, Fengler Films, Filmverlag der Autoren

    Box office

    Budget

    DEM 1,975,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $8,144

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $11,623

    Gross worldwide

    $9,061

    Movie reviews

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    • By Clyde 2022-03-25 09:01:23

      Her marriage is only two days, but she has tasted all kinds of life...

      [The homework assigned by the teacher... The evaluation is in the tone of the WeChat public account, you can read it if the writing is not good, it is purely personal opinion] Marriage, a legal union or contract formed by two people living together. This is the shortest definition of marriage I have found. We also know from a young age that marriage is to have a bunch of "monkeys" with a person you love and someone who loves you and grow old happily. In the movie we are introducing today, in...

    • By Carolyne 2022-03-25 09:01:23

      marriage

      Maria and Herman's wedding was under fire. At that time, World War II was in full swing, and Maria and Herman risked their lives to sign a marriage contract in white gauze, and then Herman joined the army to fight. Under the slow motion, artillery fire exploded around them, and the two lay on the ground to sign their names, making the wedding of Maria and Herman seem solemn and turbulent, which destined their marriage to be different.

      When the news of Herman's death...

    • By Saul 2022-03-25 09:01:23

      "Maria Braun's Marriage": Building on the Cornerstone of Self-Belief

      Maria is a sexy stunner. Her husband Herman, who went to the front line, is the meaning and hope of her life. For the sake of bread, she attached to Bill, a black American officer, and Oswald, a French factory owner. After she was pregnant with Bill's child, she saw the previously reported death Herman, then killed Bill with a wine bottle in an argument between Bill and Herman, and Herman took the charge and went to jail. After Maria fell and Bill's child, she met Oswald, a wealthy...

    • By Mireille 2022-03-25 09:01:23

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      It is impossible to trace Maria's complete psychological change from the time she waited hopelessly at the train station wearing a cardboard card looking for her husband, until she was hanging on the parallel bars with her beautiful legs in the gym transformed bar serving American (black) soldiers. It probably started in the station cafeteria, where she bluntly fought back against the GI who molested her in exchange for two wonderful packs of Camel cigarettes.

      But don't worry about it....

    • By Kaitlyn 2022-03-25 09:01:23

      melodrama by fassbender

      Personally, I have never liked German movies very much, but I actually watched this one. Fassbender deserves to be the standard bearer of the new German movies. Compared with "Fear Devouring the Soul", this one puts more emphasis on the plot (it doesn't seem to be his own screenwriter orz), condensing Maria's ten years of life into two hours, the plot arrangement is compact, the time and space change very quickly, the editing point Supernatural is worth learning.

      More than...

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    • By Constance 2023-09-01 05:42:25

      The strength of a woman, she left sadly for the sake of marriage. She is brave, confident and powerful. The script is also great. Not only portrayed Maria, but also her mother and Betty, with a few strokes, are quite brilliant. Four and a half...

    • By Madalyn 2023-04-18 18:49:00

      A similar film could have been made in Shanghai during World War...

    • By Leda 2022-09-15 02:34:25

      The not-so-pleasant history of female growth, the language of the camera is resolute and restrained, just like Maria's heart and ending. The fate of women is particularly affected by the troubled times. A shrewd and charming woman like Maria can control her own destiny to some extent, but in the end she is defeated by desire and loyalty. If deep affection is a tragedy, it must be read as...

    • By Adaline 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      Maria Braun's life experiment. . . Did you do it for me? The heroine is so beautiful, her paint-like desire is piled up on her face, but she is stern and...

    • By Tressie 2022-04-24 07:01:25

      Film class assignments that have written a film...

    Movie plot

    On the eve of the imminent demise of Nazi Germany, Maria and Hermann went to the city hall to register their marriage. A bomb exploded near the city hall, knocking the portrait of Hitler to the ground. The next day, Herman went to the front. After Germany was defeated, women went to the railway station to pick up their relatives and return home. Someone told Maria of Herman's death. In order to make a living, Maria worked as a waitress...
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    "Die Ehe der Maria Braun" is one of Fassbender's "Quadteries of German Women". In the film, the director uses Maria's character images in several different periods to match the characters' situations, thus promoting the plot and sublimating the theme.  . At the beginning of the film, the director places the main characters in a special historical moment with a set of rather condensed and powerful shots. Judging from the choice of...
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    Movie quotes

    • Karl Oswald: Do you want to leave me?

      Maria Braun: That would be stupid. It would only make us unhappier. At least if you know you're unhappy, there's still hope.

    • Maria Braun: Betti was your wife, after all - the only person I can tell all my troubles to.

      Willi Klenze: Because she doesn't listen.

      Maria Braun: Could be. You need somebody who listens. I need the opposite.

    • Maria Braun: And Annelise - what's she like?

      Willi Klenze: She's what a man needs, someone who is his equal. She can talk, think - my equal in every way.

      Maria Braun: So you think women have to be men's equal?

      Willi Klenze: Sure, except most men aren't conscious of it yet. 'Consciousness lags behind reality.'

      Maria Braun: Did Annelise say that?

      Willi Klenze: Why?

      Maria Braun: You'll wish you had your Betti back.