Martha and I
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jiri Weiss
Marianne Sägebrecht
Michel Piccoli
Ondrej Vetchy
Jana Altmanova
Jiri Menzel
Film Details
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Synopsis
It is 1935. The adolescent Emil is sent off to live with his worldly uncle, Dr. Ernst Fuchs, in a Czechoslovakian mining town in the Sudeten region, close to the German border. Following an unexpected divorce from his glamorous Hungarian wife, Emil's uncle marries Martha, his stout, submissive German maid. What begins as a marriage of convenience develops into a genuine love story as the mixed couple--he's Jewish--bravely face the mounting Nazi terror.
Director
Jiri Weiss
Cast
Marianne Sägebrecht
Michel Piccoli
Ondrej Vetchy
Jana Altmanova
Jiri Menzel
Zuzana Kocurikova
Michael Kausch
Sona Valentova
Bozidara Turzonovova
Klaus Grunberg
Jana Brezinova
Bernhard Wicki
Vaclav Chalupa
Crew
Maria Frankova
Gisela Haller
Maurice Kanbar
Jan Kladec
Sophie Landry
Viktor Ruzicka
Susanne Schlaepfer
Marius Schwarz
Jiri Stivin
Sabine Tettenborn
Karel Vacek
Philippe Verro
Jiri Weiss
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Voted Most Popular Film at the 1991 San Francisco International Film Festival. Also cited for Best Actress (Marianne Sagebrecht).
Released in France August 21, 1991
Released in United States April 21, 1995
Released in United States March 24, 1995
Released in United States Spring March 24, 1995
Received the Air Canada Award for Most Popular Film at the 1991 Vancouver International Film Festival.
Received the Best Actor (Michel Piccoli) and Best Actress (Marianne Saegebrecht) awards at the 1990 Venice Film Festival.
Broadcast in Germany November 17, 1991.
Marianne Sagebrecht won the Best Actress prize at the 1992 Seattle International Film Festival.
Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica February 28 - March 8, 1991.
Shown at Boston Film Festival September 14-24, 1992.
Shown at London Film Festival November 8-25, 1990.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 8-13, 1991.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 26 - May 9, 1991.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 14 - June 7, 1992.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1991.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) September 7, 1990.
color
Dolby
dialogue German
subtitled English
Released in United States March 24, 1995 (New York City)
Released in United States Spring March 24, 1995
Released in United States April 21, 1995 (Los Angeles)
Released in France August 21, 1991
