Martha

A young woman breaks free of her father’s tyranny only to end up married to a genuine sadist. The ingredients of pure melodrama (and Douglas Sirk's legacy) make up an unforgettable portrait of a woman under the influence of fear in a film that, in the director’s own words, is testament to the fact that “love is the best, most insidious, most effective instrument of social repression.”

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Direction: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Script: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus

Editing: Liesgret Schmitt-Klink

Music: Bruch, Donizetti, Orlando Di Lasso

Actors: Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm, Adrian Hoven

Production: Westdeutscher Rundfunk

Color: Color

Production Country: West Germany

Production Year: 1974

Duration: 116ʹ

Rainer Werner Fassbinder