Maria Braun marries a young soldier amid the Allied bombing raids of World World II the day before he must return to the Russian front. Awaiting his return in 1945, she is informed of his death and must endure and navigate the post-war years alone. Mirroring the German Wirtschaftswunder (‘economic miracle’), she determinedly rises to prosperity as a self-made woman.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s penultimate film of the seventies was also his most successful. Centred on an astonishing performance from Fassbinder regular Hanna Schygulla in the lead role.

This screening will be followed by a discussion with the Inverness German Filmklub.

Age guidance: 15+
Content advice: Contains strong language and moderate sex

Part of Eden Court’s Cinema Against Fascism programme for Our Freedom, a powerful new season of films exploring what freedom means in age of rising hate, division and authoritarianism and how communities around the world are shaping more just and hopeful futures.