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Martha(Movie, 1974)

1h 56min | Genres: Thriller, Drama, TV Movie
MarthaRating: 3.5/5 (with 2323 votes)
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. The plot was loosely based on the short story For the Rest of Her Life by Cornell Woolrich. ()
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About Martha

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.

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MARTHA | Trailer / Deutsch | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ARTHAUS(Trailer, 0:43)

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Additional Information

Production country: Germany
Original language: German (DE)
Spoken languages: German (DE)
Translated into 11 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 05/28/1974
Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus
Composer: Max Bruch
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Γυμνή μπροστά στο δολοφόνο"
"Μάρθα"
"Marta"
"Марта"

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Other movies with this title: Martha (US, 1923), Martha (DE, 1936), Martha (DK, 1967), Martha (DE, 1979), Martha (MX, 2010), Martha (2015), Martha (2021), Martha (2023)

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