The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)

Maria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950s.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Gottfried John, Hark Bohm, George Eagles, Claus Holm, Günter Lamprecht, Anton Schiersner, Lilo Pempeit, Sonja Neudorfer, Volker Spengler, Isolde Barth, Bruce Low, Günther Kaufmann, Karl-Heinz von Hassel