---
title: 'Martha (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder'
released: '1974-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'West Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/martha-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070374/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Martha (1974)

1974 · 116 min · Drama, Horror, Thriller · West Germany


## Synopsis

Martha is a 1974 drama film made for West German television directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It features Margit Carstensen in the title role with Karlheinz Böhm as her abusive husband. It is one of the earliest of Fassbinder's films to be influenced by the American work of Douglas Sirk. The plot was loosely based on the short story For the Rest of Her Life by Cornell Woolrich.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Screenplay:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder), [Cornell Woolrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/cornell-woolrich)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gaetano Donizetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaetano-donizetti), [Max Bruch](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-bruch), [Orlande de Lassus](https://cinepixo.com/people/orlande-de-lassus)
- **Producer:** [Peter Märthesheimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-marthesheimer), [Westdeutscher Rundfunk](https://cinepixo.com/people/westdeutscher-rundfunk)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael Ballhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ballhaus)

## Cast

- [Barbara Valentin](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-valentin)
- [Elma Karlowa](https://cinepixo.com/people/elma-karlowa)
- [Gisela Fackeldey](https://cinepixo.com/people/gisela-fackeldey)
- [El Hedi ben Salem](https://cinepixo.com/people/el-hedi-ben-salem)
- [Karl Scheydt](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-scheydt)
- [Günter Lamprecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-lamprecht)
- [Margit Carstensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/margit-carstensen)
- [Rudolf Lenz](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-lenz)
- [Peter Chatel](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-chatel)
- [Wolfgang Schenck](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-schenck)
- [Heide Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/heide-simon)
- [Herbert Steinmetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-steinmetz)
- [Ortrud Beginnen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ortrud-beginnen)
- [Peter Berling](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-berling)
- [Ingrid Caven](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingrid-caven)

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