The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Cast

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

Crew

• Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Director
• Pea Fröhlich — Screenplay
• Peter Märthesheimer — Screenplay
• Michael Fengler — Producer
• Hanns Eckelkamp — Producer
• Peer Raben — Original Music Composer
• Michael Ballhaus — Director of Photography
• Wolf-Dietrich Brücker — Producer
• Volker Canaris — Producer

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