The Marriage of Maria Braun

Movie · 1h 41m

Starring Brigitte Hobmeier, Steven Scharf, Jean Pierre Cornu, Hans Kremer

In Thomas Ostermeier's stage version of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film, Maria marries German soldier Hermann Braun during World War II. The couple spend over a decade apart due to forces largely beyond Maria's control. To survive in postwar Germany, she becomes a sex worker, a wealthy industrialist's mistress, and eventually a ruthless capitalist during the German economic miracle, while still asserting her loyalty to Hermann.