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Hanna Schygulla
Maria Braun
Klaus Löwitsch
Hermann Braun
Ivan Desny
Karl Oswald
George Eagles
Bill
Gisela Uhlen
Mother
Elisabeth Trissenaar
Betti Klenze
Gottfried John
Willi Klenze
Hark Bohm
Senkenberg
Günter Lamprecht
Hans Wetzel
Lilo Pempeit
Frau Ehmke
Michael Ballhaus
Counsel
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Peddler
Günther Kaufmann
American on Train
Claus Holm
Doctor
Anton Schiersner
Grandpa Berger
Sonja Neudorfer
Red Cross Nurse
Volker Spengler
Train Conductor
Isolde Barth
Vevi
Bruce Low
American at Conference
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Prosecuting Counsel
Kristine De Loup
Notary
Hannes Kaetner
Justice of the Peace
Barbara Baum
(as Baum)
Peter Berling
Bronski (as Berling)
Rolf Bührmann
Warden
Martin Häussler
Reporter
Horst-Dieter Klock
Gentleman with Car
Georg Kuhn
Norbert Scherer
Warden
Andreas Willim
Arthur Glogau
Warden (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Sep 13 2024

With the defeat of the Nazis looming large, "Maria" (Hanna Schygulla) marries her sweet-heart "Hermann" (Klaus Löwitch) before he is promptly sent off to the front and she loses all trace of him. With her nation now in ruins, she has no way of surviving and so has to adapt by using her wits, guile and even her body to keep alive. Fortunately, she alights on an American soldier who enables her to keep her head above water but she spurns anything more permanent as, even when told of his death, she refuses to abandon hope that "Hermann" will return. The thrust of this story continues for many a ye...