Die Ehe der Maria Braun (1979)






Maria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950s.


Books with substantial mentioning of Die Ehe der Maria Braun

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Alfred Holighaus (ed.)
Der Filmkanon, 35 Filme, die Sie kennen müssen
Bonn; Berlin, 2005

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Peter W. Engelmeier (ed.)
Icons of film, The 20th century
Munich; New York, 2000

Jean-Pierre Frimbois
Les 100 chefs-d'oeuvre du film historique
Alleur (Belgique), 1989

Robert Fischer/Joe Hembus
Der Neue Deutsche Film, 1960-1980
München, 1981

Books with an entry on Die Ehe der Maria Braun

Robert C. Reimer, Carol J. Reimer
Historical Dictionary of German Cinema
Lanham, Maryland, Toronto, Plymouth, UK, 2008

Articles on Die Ehe der Maria Braun

Anton Kaes, History, fiction, memory, Fassbinder's The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979), in: Eric Rentschler, German Film & Literature, New York & London, 1986

Reviews

Trisha Curran, The Marriage of Maria Braun, in: Films in Review, vol. 30, 1979 pp. 567


Year: 1979
Country: West Germany
Language: German
English
 
IMDb: 0079095