The Merchant of Four Seasons1971
Both directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, both with commentary by Wim Wenders, and both starring Hanna Schygulla
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Die Ehe der Maria Braun
West Germany / German / 1979 / 2h
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №204
- Commentary
- 1 track on the Channel player
Synopsis
Maria (Hanna Schygulla) 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. Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s biggest international box-office success, 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.
