With a terrific performance from regular Fassbinder lead Hanna Schygulla in the title role, this is amongst the director’s most widely known, and seen, works. It’s the ‘everywoman’ tale of Maria Braun, whose marriage lasts less than one day before her husband is sent to the front. When he fails to return in 1945, she struggles to rebuild her life through a formidable mixture of talent, energy and seductive power.
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder