

The Marriage of Maria Braun
2008, English. Directed by Thomas Ostermeier & Hannes Rossacher.
In Thomas Ostermeier's stage version of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film, Maria marries German soldier Hermann Braun during World War II. The couple spend over a decade apart due to forces largely beyond Maria's control. To survive in postwar Germany, she becomes a sex worker, a wealthy industrialist's mistress, and eventually a ruthless capitalist during the German economic miracle, while still asserting her loyalty to Hermann.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 January 2008
- Original title
- Die Ehe der Maria Braun
- Written by
- Peter Märthesheimer, Pea Fröhlich, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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The Marriage of Maria Braun (2008) was directed by Thomas Ostermeier and Hannes Rossacher and stars Brigitte Hobmeier, Steven Scharf, Jean Pierre Cornu.