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Martha
Martha is a single, untouched woman in her early thirties. While on vacation in Rome, she meets the love of her life, Helmut. They marry, but the marriage turns into a nightmare. Martha′s expectations and Helmut′s views and preferences are completely opposed. However, as a "good" wife, she gives in. One day when she finally can′t take it anymore, it is too late. She has an accident and is confined to a wheelchair. She is doomed to spending the rest of her life in Helmut′s sadistic-loving care.
Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
| Director: | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Screenplay: | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Director of photography: | Michael Ballhaus |
| Editing: | Liesgret Schmitt-Klink |
| Music: | Max Bruch, Gaetano Donizetti ("Lucia die Lammermoor"), Orlando di Lasso |
| Cast: | |
| Margit Carstensen | Martha Hyer, später Martha Salomon |
| Karlheinz Böhm | Helmut Salomon |
| Peter Chatel | Kaiser |
| Gisela Fackeldey | Mutter |
| Adrian Hoven | Vater |
| Ortrud Beginnen | Erna |
| Wolfgang Schenck | Chef |
| Günter Lamprecht | Dr. Salomon |
| El Hedi Ben Salem | Hotelgast |
| Rudolf Lenz | Portier |
| Production company: | Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln) |
| Producer: | Peter Märthesheimer |
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Titles
| Originaltitel (DE) Martha |
Versions
Original | |
| Length: | 112 min bei 25 b/s |
| Format: | 16mm, 1:1,37 |
| Picture/Sound: | Eastmancolor, Ton |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (DE): 28.05.1974, ARD |




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