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