
Plot
Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.
Trailer
Cast

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)