Martha (1974)
Peu après la mort de son père, Martha, une jeune bibliothécaire, rencontre Helmut Salomon, un homme plus âgé qu'elle, dont la richesse et la culture la fascinent. Le couple ne tarde pas à se marier. Helmut installe sa femme dans une demeure austère et isolée et entreprend de « parfaire son éducation ». En fait, il exerce sur elle une impitoyable domination intellectuelle et physique. Dans un premier temps, Martha, victime pas tout à fait innocente, trouve dans sa propre perversion la force de tenir bon. Mais la situation devient bientôt insupportable. Pour s'affranchir plus facilement du joug conjugal, Martha s'offre à un ancien collègue, Kaiser…
Directeur:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
écrivain:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Margit Carstensen as Martha |
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Karlheinz Böhm as Helmut |
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Barbara Valentin as Marianne |
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Peter Chatel as Kaiser |
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Gisela Fackeldey as Mother Heyer |
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Adrian Hoven as Father Heyer |
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Ortrud Beginnen as Erna |
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Wolfgang Schenck as Meister |
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Günter Lamprecht as Dr. Salomon |
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El Hedi ben Salem as Hotel Guest |
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Rudolf Lenz as Porter |
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Kurt Raab as Secretary |
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Elma Karlowa as Waitress |
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Heide Simon as Nurse |
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Lilo Pempeit as |
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Ingrid Caven as Ilse |
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Michael Ballhaus as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
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Peter Berling as Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
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Rudolf Waldemar Brem as Telephone Man (uncredited) |
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Karl Scheydt as Marianne's Husband (uncredited) |
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Herbert Steinmetz as Dr. Hauff (uncredited) |
| Directing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Director |
| Writing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Screenplay |
| Art | Kurt Raab | Production Design |
| Camera | Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christiane Becker | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wolfgang Martin | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosemarie Schönartz | Makeup Designer |
| Writing | Cornell Woolrich | Short Story |
| Production | Peter Märthesheimer | Producer |
| Sound | Manfred Oelschlegel | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Liesgret Schmitt-Klink | Editor |
| Sound | Hans Pampuch | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gisela Röcken | Costume Design |
| Art | Lothar Schulz | Art Direction |