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Martha. (1974 film) 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 · Martha: Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 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.
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- Drama, Thriller
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1974-05-28
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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 overhears Bernard and John talking about blackmail. Jacob has come up with a plan that includes a mysterious key. Brothers Bobby and Arnold, eternal rivals, both fancy Martha, but also have a soft spot for Leonie. The latter gets tasked to learn more about Jacob's plan. A dead man is discovered lying in Bernard's office late at night by somebody else searching the premises. When the ...
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Martha was brought up by two self-destructive, abusive people who may not have abused her physically, but thwarted her for life with their verbal abuse. Martha accepted being humbled into submissiveness as the norm, and soon applied it to her own personality, cradling herself into thinking that people rightfully shamed… more. Recent reviews ...
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. The plot was loosely based on the short story For the Rest of Her Life by Cornell Woolrich.
