Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven(Movie, 1975)

Name: Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Genre: Drama
Released: 1975
Duration: T01:48:00
Rating: 3.9

Original title: "Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel" (German/DE)

1h 48min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.9/5 (with 11 votes)

Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven (German: Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel) is a 1975 German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It stars Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Karlheinz Böhm and Margit Carstensen. The film was shot over 20 days between February and March 1975 in Frankfurt am Main. The film drew on both Sirk-style melodramas and Weimar era workers' films to tell a political coming of age story. ()

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About Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

After her husband kills his boss and himself, Mother Küsters becomes drawn into the activities of the German Communist party and then a group of anarchists.

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Additional Information

Production country: Germany

Plays in: Frankfurt

Inspired by: Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness (movie, "Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück")

Made by: Filmverlag der Autoren, Tango Film

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: 07/01/1975

Cast: Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Karlheinz Böhm, Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Gottfried John, Armin Meier, Volker Spengler, Kurt Raab, Peter Kern, Matthias Fuchs, Y Sa Lo, Liselotte Eder, Adrian Hoven, Peter Chatel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Wolfgang Hess, Eva Mattes, Vitus Zeplichal, Hannes Kaetner

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Screenwriter: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Kurt Raab, Heinrich Zille

Film Editor: Thea Eymèsz

Director of Photography: Michael Ballhaus

Composer: Peer Raben

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Maman Küsters s’en va au ciel"

"Il viaggio in cielo di mamma Kusters"

"Вознесение Матушки Кюстерс"

"Mother Küsters’ Trip to Heaven"

Keywords: class differences, anarchist, frankfurt, death of father, distortion, media manipulation, daughter–in–law, communist, widow, working class, suicide, parent child relationship

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