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The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
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The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Original name: Die Ehe der Maria Braun
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Near the end of World War II, Maria marries Hermann, who is immediately sent off to battle. When the war concludes, Maria believes that Hermann is dead. She starts working at an Allied bar, where she meets American soldier Bill. They start a relationship that is interrupted when Hermann returns alive. During a scuffle between the men, Maria accidentally kills Bill. Hermann takes the blame and goes to jail, while Maria begins a hard new life.
Style: psychological, emotional, touching, serious, realistic, surreal, art house, thought provoking, retro, neo noir ...
Plot: marriage, world war two, infidelity, wartime life, lovers reunited, rise to the top, couples, survival, love triangle, love and romance, life is a bitch, danger, battle of the sexes, human nature, couple relations, politics, wartime, post war, bittersweet, black market, holocaust, secrets, female nudity, prostitution, sex ...
Time: 1940s, year 1979, post world war two, 20th century, year 1954, 1950s, year 1943 ...
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe, west germany, canada
Keyword: german, feminist film, avant-garde, russian, retrospective

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, art house and psychological films with plots about couples, love and romance, society, life is a bitch, couple relations, world war two and infidelity mostly in Drama, War and Romance genres. Some movies like The Marriage of Maria Braun: The Night Porter (1974), The Poet (2007), Veronika Voss (1982), The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972), Effi Briest (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Night Porter (1974)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In this unsettling drama from Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, a concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic ...
Style: psychological, serious, controversial, disturbing, art house ...
Audience: adult
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The Poet (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
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Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1940s, year 1939, year 1940
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Veronika Voss (1982)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the ...
Style: noir, black and white, art house, stylized, neo noir ...
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Time: 1950s, year 1982, 80s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and ...
Style: art house, sexual, sexy, erotic, surreal ...
Audience: adult
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Time: year 1972, 70s, 20th century
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The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
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Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
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Time: year 1972, year 1971, 20th century, 70s, 1950s
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 140 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When emerging fashion model Emma gets a chance to pursue her dream of becoming an international top model, she leaves her everyday life in Denmark behind, and moves to Paris. At a photo shoot in her new hometown, she meets the attractive ...
Style: talky, captivating, melancholic, sexy, erotic ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
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Style: art house, serious, realistic, psychological, gloomy ...
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Yanks (1979)
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Duration: 138 min.
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Style: clever, witty, stylized, art house, romantic drama ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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