The Marriage of Maria Braun
Summary: Maria 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.
Release Date: March 23, 1979
Genre: Drama
Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Runtime: 2 h 00 min
MPAA: R
Country: West Germany
Language: German
Movie budget: $ 1,975,000
Domestic: $ 8,144
International: $ 3,711
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