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Martha is a 1974 drama film made for German television directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It features Margit Carstensen in the title role with Karlheinz Böhm as her abusive husband. It is one of the earliest of Fassbinder's films to be influenced by the American work of Douglas Sirk.
May 28, 1974 · With Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm, Barbara Valentin, Peter Chatel. After the death of her abusive father, the lonely librarian Martha marries an equally vile businessman - Helmut. The cruel and torturous nature of their relationship leads Martha to believe Helmut might be trying to kill her.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1974-05-28
A spinster librarian (Margit Carstensen) meets and marries a man (Karlheinz Böhm) who treats her cruelly.
- (26)
- Margit Carstensen
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Drama, Mystery & Thriller
After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha is caught in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her. Martha (1974) directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd
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- Pro-Ject Filmproduktion, WDR
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Overview. After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha is caught in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her.
Summaries. After the death of her abusive father, the lonely librarian Martha marries an equally vile businessman - Helmut. The cruel and torturous nature of their relationship leads Martha to believe Helmut might be trying to kill her.
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder • 1974 • West Germany Starring Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm, Barbara Valentin. One of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s first forays into the classic melodrama style of his hero Douglas Sirk is a brilliantly perverse, operatically stylized portrait of a woman (M...
