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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.
- "For the Rest of Her Life", by Cornell Woolrich
- Peter Märthesheimer
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
Jan 2, 2013 · At the embassy we learn that Martha Heyer is 31 years old, a librarian, unmarried, who lives with her parents in Konstanz in the German Alps on the lake of the same name. It seems pretty clear that the bottom has just dropped out for Martha, however; she has no idea which way is up.
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. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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
1974 1h 56m Drama Mystery & Thriller List 86% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 88% 500+ Ratings Audience Score A spinster librarian (Margit Carstensen) meets and marries a man (Karlheinz Böhm) who treats ...
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- Drama, Mystery & Thriller
A single woman in her early thirties, Martha (Margit Carstensen) is on vacation with her father in Rome when he has a heart attack and falls down dead.
