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Martha

BR Deutschland 1973/1974 TV-Spielfilm

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

  • Pro-ject Filmproduktion im Filmverlag der Autoren GmbH (München)
  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)

Producer

  • Peter Märthesheimer

Alle Credits

Director

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Assistant director

  • Renate Leiffer
  • Fritz Müller-Scherz

Screenplay

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder

based on

  • Cornell Woolrich (Motive der Erzählung "Für den Rest des Lebens")

Director of photography

  • Michael Ballhaus

Assistant camera

  • Ulrich Prinz

Still photography

  • Peter Gauhe

Lighting design

  • Ernst Küsters

Art director

  • Lothar Schulz

Production design

  • Kurt Raab

Set design

  • Horst Giese (Assistenz)
  • Walter Koch (Assistenz)

Make-up artist

  • Rosemarie Schönartz
  • Wolfgang Martin

Costume design

  • Gisela Röcken

Editing

  • Liesgret Schmitt-Klink

Assistant editor

  • Alice Engelkes
  • Beate Fischer-Weiskirch

Sound

  • Manfred Oelschlegel
  • Hans Pampuch

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
  • Kurt Raab
    Sekretär in der Botschaft
  • Ingrid Caven
    Ilse
  • Barbara Valentin
    Marianne
  • Heide Simon
    Krankenschwester
  • Karl Scheydt
    Marthas Ehemann (ungenannt)
  • Elma Karlowa
  • Liselotte Eder
  • Peter Berling

Production company

  • Pro-ject Filmproduktion im Filmverlag der Autoren GmbH (München)
  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Köln)

Producer

  • Peter Märthesheimer

Unit production manager

  • Fred Ilgner

Location manager

  • Lothar Schulz
  • Christian Hohoff
Duration:
112 min bei 25 b/s
Format:
1:1,37
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Mono
Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 28.05.1974, ARD

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Martha

Versions

Original

Duration:
112 min bei 25 b/s
Format:
1:1,37
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Mono
Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 28.05.1974, ARD

Formatfassung

Duration:
116 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Mono
Screening:

Uraufführung (IT): September 1994, Venedig, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): 17.11.1997

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