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The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
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Original name: Die Ehe der Maria Braun
Genre: Drama, Romance
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:
emotional, psychological, thought provoking, touching, serious, realistic, surreal, art house, retro, neo noir ...
Plot:
marriage, world war two, female nudity, wartime life, lovers reunited, infidelity, 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, black market, hardcore, bittersweet, post war, holocaust, secrets, nylons ...
Time:
1940s, post world war two, 1950s, year 1979, 20th century, year 1954, year 1946 ...
Place:
berlin germany, europe, germany, west germany, canada, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, emotional and sexy films with plots about couples, love and romance, female nudity, infidelity, love, couple relations and world war two mostly in Drama, Romance and War genres. Some movies like The Marriage of Maria Braun: The Night Porter (1974), Veronika Voss (1982), Zelary (2003), The Third Generation (1979), Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, psychological, serious, sexual, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
munich germany, germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A nurse and her surgeon-lover are part of a resistance movement in 1940s Czechoslovakia. When they are discovered, her lover flees and she must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, a man from a remote mountain village where time ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government and industry c. 1980, as the third generation of Western European left-wing activists forms, after crippling of the violent Red Army Faction. Released ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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art house, political, atmospheric, stylized, emotional ...
Plot:
racism, culture clash, female nudity, relationships, older woman younger man relationship, loneliness, working class, old woman, impossible love, forbidden love, male nudity, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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31%
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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29%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, disturbing, emotional, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
touching, serious, stylized, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
sensual, black and white, art house, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, emotional, erotic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, anthology, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, disturbing, bleak, sincere, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, realistic, emotional, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, korea
Similarity:
19%
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