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Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. But the point is moot: Mr. Kusters has murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he works--and followed that by committing suicide.
When mass layoffs are announced, a worker first shoots his superior and then himself. His utterly helpless wife, Mother Küsters (Brigitte Mira), faces a catastrophe.
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MOTHER KÜSTERS GOES TO HEAVEN. West Germany 1975 1975
Ideally paired with another of Fassbinder's 1975 films that explores the exploitation of the working class, Fox and His Friends, the drama Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven grants yet another wonderful acting showcase to the star of Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Brigitte Mira. As the title character, Mrs. Emma Küsters, Mira pours her heart into yet ...
Brief Synopsis. Emma Kuster's husband inexplicably goes crazy at the factory where he's worked for some 20 years, killing the boss's son and then himself. In the aftermath, the grieving, naive widow is eaten alive by the press, her predatory daughter, and an upper-class husband and wife who wat to politicize Herr Kuster's last act into a worker ...
