| | Martha DVD (1 Customer Review)
| Category | Television/TV Series DVDs, Foreign Films Movies, Thriller Videos, Made-For-Network TV, Black Comedy, Marriage, German, Vacations | | Starring | Karl-Heinz Bohm, Margit Carstensen, Adrian Hoven, Peter Chatel, Gisela Fackeldey, Barbara Valentin | | Director | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | | Costume Designer | Gisela Rocken | | Director of Photography | Michael Ballhaus | | Editor | Liesgret Schmitt-Klink | | Production Designer | Kurt Raab | | Story | Cornell Woolrich |
Bio/Filmographies; English Subtitles Rainer Werner Fassbinder's MARTHA presents a case study in abuse, terror, and victimhood in the form of its main character, the aging spinster Martha (Margit Carstensen). Suffering a constant stream of verbal abuse and domination of her life by both by her father and mother, Martha feels little remorse when her father dies suddenly while on vacation in Rome. Upon her return home, Martha chooses to escape from her mother by marrying Helmuth (Karlheinz Bohm). She soon finds, however, that Helmuth provides not rescue, but a further descent into terror. Martha Reviews: "The honeymoon-sunbathing scene and its aftermath is one of the most deranged bits in the history of cinema -- check it out!"
-- Glenn Kenny, Premiere
This is the only Gisela Fackeldey video. Martha | List Price | $24.98 (You save $8.63) | | Studio | Ryko Distribution | | Orig Year | 1973 | | DVD Encoding | All Regions | | All Time Sales Rank |  34554  | | CD Universe Part number | 6661421 | | Catalog number | 7038 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 13, 2004 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Martha | | Running Time | 115 Minutes | | Additional Info | Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Subtitled |
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Liner Notes: by Jonathan Rosenbaum - Author
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