O Casamento De Maria Braun

World War II. Maria hastily marries Hermann Braun, a German soldier. Missing in action, Maria refuses to believe he is dead. Her story of struggle for survival is set against the backdrop of the war years leading up to the subsequent economic miracle. Hanna Schygulla was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival. It is one of Fassbinder's masterpieces, containing various cinematic metaphors on the question of identity and the experiences of post-war Germany.