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"A provocative portrait of a sensous beauty who sells herself for wealth, and the husband who sacrifices his freedom for her."
""Maria and Hermann Braun marry in Germany close to the end of World War II but are shortly separated. Just after being sent to the Russian Front, Hermann is reported missing ... her brother in law ... confirms his death. Alone, Maria uses her beauty and ambition to prosper in Germany's 'economic miracle' of the 1950s." [box cover note]."
"De maatschappelijke ontwrichting van de Tweede Wereldoorlog en de daaropvolgende jaren heeft grote gevolgen voor het leven van een jonge Duitse vrouw."
"Le mariage de Maria et de Hermann Braun est célébré à la fin de la guerre. Hermann part au front et Maria reste sans nouvelles pendant plusieurs années. Lorsqu'il revient, Hermann surprend sa femme avec un soldat américain et se prend de querelle avec lui: Maria assomme l'Américain et le tue, mais Hermann assume le blâme de cette action et fait de la prison. Pendant ce temps, Maria devient l'assistante puis la partenaire et la maîtresse d'un industriel."
"A tragicomedy spanning a decade which begins with the wedding of Maria Braun amid the chaos of an Allied bomb attack in 1943. Within 24 hours Maria's husband is sent to the Russian front. Initially naive and idealistic, Maria increasingly adjusts to male values using her sexuality resourcefully but cynically in the pursuit of wealth and power. Yet she retains a romantic yearning for reunion with her missing husband which prevents her from fully living in the present. Fassbinder clearly means the film to be seen as an allegory about the German 'economic miracle' - the deep-seated continuity between past and present. Schygulla's performance is deliberately dead-pan, taking the melodramatic mode to its limits, and reflecting Fassbinder's interest in the melodramas of Douglas Sirk."
"A young woman, separated from her husband, has a sequence of lovers and strives for material wealth by manipulating others in post-war Germany."@en
"Nur einen Tag nach seiner Hochzeit mitten im Bombenhagel muss Hermann Braun zurück an die Front. Der Krieg reißt alles mit sich, nur nicht Marias Liebe zu Hermann. Selbst als der Krieg vorbei ist und Maria die Botschaft vom Tod ihres Mannes erreicht, beginnt sie zwar eine Liaison mit einem amerikanischen Alliierten, doch sie liebt ihn nicht. Als ihr Mann plötzlich auftaucht und beide inflagranti ertappt, kommt es zu einer Kurzschlusshandlung. - Fassbinder erzählt in dem unterkühlten Melodrama die Geschichte einer ehrgeizigen Trümmerfrau. Für ihre komplexe Darstellung von Liebesleid und Skrupellosigkeit erhielt Hanna Schygulla den Silbernen Bären. (Cover)."
"Vicissitudes of a post-war bride. Fassbinder rhymes the survival of one indomitable woman with Germany's post-war reconstruction, and asks whether either of them should be seen as the triumph it appears to be."@en
"Amidst the rubble of post-World War II Berlin, a sensuous beauty sells herself for wealth. Struggling to remain true to her husband, she is forced by circumstance to be separated repeatedly from him and to become the mistress first of a Black American soldier, then of a rich industrialist. When she is finally reunited with her husband after almost insurmountable obstacles, they are both killed in a gas explosion."
"1943. Nur einen Tag nach seiner Hochzeit mitten im Bombenhagel muss Hermann Braun (Klaus Löwitsch) zurück an die Front. Seine frisch angetraute Frau Maria (Hanna Schygulla) schlägt sich bei den Amerikanern als Bardame durch. Als nach Kriegsende ein Freund die Nachricht bringt, Hermann sei tot, beginnt Maria eine Affäre mit dem farbigen US-Soldaten Bill. Eines Abends, als sie ins Bett gehen wollen, steht plötzlich Hermann vor der Tür. (Quelle: Umschlag)."
"Black comedy, beginning with a picture of Hitler and an explosion, ending with an explosion and pictures of West German chancellors since the end of World War II, the movie tries to make Maria Braun and her "marriage" of convenience to mercenary tactics and opportunism to achieve prosperity serve as a damning metaphor for the "economic miracle" of West Germany's postwar recovery."
"Hermann & Maria Braun are married on the day before Hermann leaves for the Eastern Front, where he is subsequently reported missing. After the war, Maria hears that he is dead, and becomes involved with Bill, an American soldier. When Hermann returns from captivity in Russia and Bill is killed, Hermann claims that he is the murderer. Maria visits him in jail & promises to work for their mutual future on his release."
"Maria is married as the wartime bombs fall on Germany. After half a day and one whole night her husband Hermann goes off to the the Russion Front. Believing herself to be a widow, Maria takes up with a black American soldier. But Hermann returns and finding them in bed, kills the soldier."@en
"Nel 1943, all'indomani del frettoloso matrimonio, Maria viene forzatamente lasciata dallo sposo Hermann Braun che, partito per il fronte orientale, viene detto morto da un reduce conoscente della famiglia di lei. Maria, come tutte le donne tedesche nelle sue condizioni, per mantenere se stessa e i familiari, fa del mercato nero e lavora come entraineuse in un locale frequentato dai soldati americani. Fatta amicizia con il solido negro Bill, la presunta vedova ne ottiene un figlio che, però, non supera i travagli del parto. Hermann, non morto in Russia ma solamente disperso, ricompare in tempo per trovare la moglie tra le braccia dell'americano che viene ucciso forse incidentalmente dall'amante nel corso del concitato scontro con il reduce. Hermann, deciso a coprire le responsabilità della moglie, si attribuisce il delitto e finisce in carcere per un lungo periodo di detenzione punitiva. Maria, allora, si lega in affari e in amore con Oswald, un ricco industriale che fa fortuna grazie all'intraprendenza della donna. Maria, comunque, non inganna né il marito né l'amante ai quali denuncia la situazione. Liberato, Hermann emigra in Canada sino a che Oswald, ammalato di malattia inguaribile, muore lasciando le sue ricchezze ad ambedue, fedele al patto fatto in carcere con il rivale, patto tenuto nascosto alla donna. Dopo la lettura dell'inatteso testamento, la casa dei Braun salta per aria a causa di una disattenzione di Maria ormai segnata dalla lunga serie di traversie materiali e spirituali."
"This allegorical story of post-war Germany revolves around a young woman as she strives for material wealth while ignoring human values."
"Il giorno dopo il matrimonio Hermann Braun parte per il fronte lasciando sola la moglie Maria. Per sopravvivere, Maria diventa l'amante di un soldato americano nero, che uccide al ritorno del marito. Accollatosi l'omicidio Hermann finisce in carcere, mentre la moglie diventa l'amante di un industriale francese che convincerà Hermann, scarcerato, a emigrare in Canada fino alla sua morte. (Mereghetti)."
"Allegorical story of post-war Germany revolves around a young woman as she strives for material wealth while ignoring human values."
"The first of a trilogy about women in post-World War II Germany, The marriage of Maria Braun, turns the melodramatic story of the titular heroine's climb up the economic ladder into a historical allegory about both the post-war German "economic miracle" and 1970s West Germany. During the allied siege of Germany in the last year of the war, Maria's new husband is shipped off to the Russian front before the marriage is consummated. As she struggles to survive wartime deprivations, Maria haunts the local train station, seeking out information concerning her husband. When it appears that she's a widow, Maria takes a job as a barmaid and befriends a black soldier from the occupying allied troops, who sees to it that Maria's family receives vital food and supplies. The opportunistic Maria eventually takes a job with a wealthy importer, building herself up to a position of power and indispensability."
"Black comedy about the vicissitudes of a German war bride who builds an industrial empire after the end of World War II."@en
"Fassbinder's allegorical story of post-war Germany revolves around a young woman as she strives for material wealth while ignoring human values."
"Allegorical story of post-war Germany which revolves around a young woman as she strives for material wealth while ignoring human values."@en
"Nur einen Tag nach seiner Hochzeit mitten im Bombenhagel muss Hermann Braun zurück an die Front. Der Krieg reisst alles mit sich, nur nicht Marias Liebe zu Hermann. Selbst als der Krieg vorbei ist und Maria die Botschaft vom Tod ihres Mannes erreicht, beginnt sie zwar eine Liaison mit einem amerikanischen Aliierten, aber sie liebt ihn nicht. Als ihr Mann plötzlich auftaucht und beide inflagranti ertappt, kommt es zu einer Kurzschlusshandlung. Fassbinder erzählt das unterkühlte Melodrama einer ehrgeizigen Trümmerfrau, die sich zur zynischen Geschäftsfrau des Winrtschaftswunders wandelt. (Quelle: Umschlagtext)."
"Maria (Hanna Schygulla) marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only to have him disappear in the war. Alone, Maria uses her beauty and ambition to prosper in Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950's. Fassbinder's biggest international box-office success and the first part of his "postwar trilogy", The Marriage of Maria Braun is a heartbreaking study of a woman picking herself up from the ruins of her own life, as well as a pointed metaphorical attack on a society determined to forget its past."
"During the allied siege of Germany in the last year of the war, Maria's new husband is shipped off to the Russian front before the marriage is consummated. As she struggles to survive wartime deprivations, Maria haunts the local train station, seeking out information concerning her husband. When it appears that she's a widow, Maria takes a job as a barmaid and befriends a black soldier from the occupying allied troops, who sees to it that Maria's family receives vital food and supplies. The opportunistic Maria eventually takes a job with a wealthy importer, building herself up to a position of power and indispensability."
"Maria and Hermann are married the day before he leaves for the Russian front. Believing Hermann is killed, Maria takes up with an American soldier. Hermann returns, the soldier is murdered, and Hermann is imprisoned."