Martha

Martha (1974)

After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her.

Data de estreia
1974-05-28
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (72)
Duração
1 h 56 min
Géneros
Cinema TV, Drama, Thriller
Realizador
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Elenco

Curiosidades

  • Filmado em: Roma, Escadarias da Praça da Espanha e Library of Kloster Ottobeuren

Martha is a 1974 drama film made for West German television directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It features Margit Carstensen in the title role with Karlheinz Böhm as her abusive husband. It is one of the earliest of Fassbinder's films to be influenced by the American work of Douglas Sirk. The plot was loosely based on the short story For the Rest of Her Life by Cornell Woolrich.

Production

Martha was filmed in 1973 immediately before the shooting of Fear Eats the Soul but broadcast after the latter's theatrical release. Shot in the summer of 1973, during the last three months of a year-long break from filming Effi Briest. It was produced by WDR television network at a cost of approximately 500.000 DM.

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