Deadly Maria ( Die tödliche Maria ) ( Foniki Maria )

Deadly Maria (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Die tödliche Maria
Alternate Title: Foniki Maria
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Storyboards

Movie filmed in 1993 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Tom Tykwer

Written By:
Tom Tykwer

Actors:
Nina Petri ..... Maria
Katja Studt ..... Maria (16 years)
Juliane Heinemann ..... Maria (10 years)
Josef Bierbichler ..... Marias Father
Péter Franke ..... Heinz
Jean Maeser ..... Heinz (Age 26)
Joachim Król ..... Dieter
Rolf Peter Kahl ..... Juergen
Renate Usko ..... Mrs. Dahlbach
Georg Winterfeld ..... Ernst
Tom Spiess ..... Bernhard
Andreas Petri ..... First Aid
Nada Daniels ..... Lydia
Ortwin Spieler ..... First Doctor
Peter Hommen ..... Second Doctor

Synopsis:

This German psychodrama looks into the events that lead an introverted woman into taking extreme action against her oppressors. Poor Maria has spent her life being ignored and pushed around by men. First there was her invalid father whom she waited on hand and foot. Then there was her cold and emotionally distant husband. Maria has been internalizing her rage for years. Her anger finally erupts when her husband takes the little bit of money she'd been secretly saving over the last few years. She kills both her husband and her father. The film ends with her new boyfriend's distressed facial expression as he learns of her murders.

This dark psychological thriller draws us slowly but surely into Maria's strange world. Tension mounts as she is buffeted by interactions with her abusive husband, demanding father, and meek paramour. This housewife, who initially appears outwardly unassuming and unremarkable, is shown to possess an inner landscape of the mind which is twisted and scarred. Techniques of German Expressionist cinema gradually give us insight into her psyche. Why does she write letter after letter to herself, stashing them in a living room cabinet? Secret after secret is gradually revealed, until the chilling and disturbing conclusion.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 20 July, 2011.

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