"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."
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
as
Norbert Scherer
Andreas Willim
Arthur Glogau
as Warden (uncredited)
Director
Pea Fröhlich
Screenplay
Peter Märthesheimer
Michael Fengler
Producer
Hanns Eckelkamp
Peer Raben
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Editor
Juliane Lorenz
Helga Ballhaus
Production Design
Arno Mathes
Set Decoration
Hans-Peter Sandmeier
Costume Design
Inge Proeller
Anni Nöbauer
Makeup Artist
Milan Bor
Sound Designer
Jim Willis
Claus Kottmann
Idea
Wolf-Dietrich Brücker
Volker Canaris
Harry Baer
Production Manager
Thomas Wommer
Unit Manager
Assistant Director
Georg Borgel
Props
John Salter
Sound Assistant
Ekkehard Heinrich
Gaffer
Hans-Juergen Hoepflinger
Horst Knechtel
Assistant Camera
Raimund Wirner
Susi Reichel
Assistant Costume Designer
Christiane Kolenc
Assistant Editor
Dieter Dubine
Location Manager
Helga Beyer
Script Supervisor
Karl Willim
Driver
Robert Busch
Production Assistant
Christine Fall
Production Secretary
Jochen Losse
Production Coordinator