Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Language
- German
- Country
- Germany
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- In German — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- strong woman
- black market
- empowerment
- world war ii
- marriage
- penitentiary
- economic miracle
- 1940s
- new german cinema
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Gisela Uhlen — Mother
- Elisabeth Trissenaar — Betti Klenze
- Gottfried John — Willi Klenze
- Hark Bohm — Senkenberg
- Günter Lamprecht — Hans Wetzel
- Lilo Pempeit — Frau Ehmke
- Michael Ballhaus — Counsel
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Peddler
- Günther Kaufmann — American on Train
- Claus Holm — Doctor
- Anton Schiersner — Grandpa Berger
- Directed
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Written
- Pea Fröhlich, Peter Märthesheimer
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 301 ratings
- Studio
- Albatros Filmproduktion, Fengler Films, Filmverlag der Autoren, Tango Film, Trio Films, WDR
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
