Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980 N/R, 930 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Gunter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Gottfried John, Helmut Griem, Udo Kier, Ivan Desny, Hark Bohm, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Karin Baal, Franz Buchrieser, Peter Kollek
World War I Berlin is the backdrop of Alfred Doblin's 1929 novel. Presented as 14 individual episodes, the story follows the life of an ex-convict who tries to live an honorable existence but finds problems at every turn in the Berlin environment during the rise of Nazism.
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The Marriage of Maria Braun 1978 R, 120 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Lowitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Gottfried John, Hark Bohm, George Byrd, Claus Holm, Gunter Lamprecht
In this, the first of three parables concerning postwar Germany, Hanna Schygulla takes on the role of Maria Braun who is a young woman who uses her head not only to survive but also to prosper. The other two parables are "Lola" and "Veronika Voss."
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Martha 1974 TV, 116 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Bohm, Barbara Valentin, Peter Chatel, Gisela Fackeldey, Adrian Hoven, Ortrud Beginnen, Kurt Raab, Ingrid Caven, Peter Berling, Gunter Lamprecht, El Hedi ben Salem
Martha (Margit Carstensen) has lived a protected life, but her lifestyle changes when, immediately following her father's death, she marries a stranger (Karlheinz Bohm), and the battles begin.
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| 1. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
2. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
3. Martha (1974)
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