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Beck, Martha Jule Seabrook d. 1951 Drama Berlin (Germany) History 1945-1990 Drama Criminal behavior Drama Fernandez, Raymond Martinez 1914-1951 Drama Love Love Drama Man-woman relationship Drama Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama World War, 1939-1945 Germany Berlin DramaFilter By Subjects
Beck, Martha Jule Seabrook d. 1951 Drama Berlin (Germany) History 1945-1990 Drama Criminal behavior Drama Fernandez, Raymond Martinez 1914-1951 Drama Love Love Drama Man-woman relationship Drama Man-woman relationships Man-woman relationships Drama World War, 1939-1945 Germany Berlin DramaSummary: Set in a rubble-strewn Berlin in 1945, is like no other film about post-World War II Jewish identity. After surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret performer, her face disfigured and reconstructed, returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out the gentile husband who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis. Without recognizing her, he enlists her to play his wife in a bizarre...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PHOSummary: Martha is sullen, overweight and heartbreakingly lonely. Through the Friendship Club, she strikes up a correspondence with Ray, a suave charismatic smooth-talker who could be the man of her dreams. A stark portrayal of the desperate lengths to which a lonely heart will go in order to find true love. From brutally immoral killings to a passion that transcends all bounds.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY HONSummary: The story of a witty but lonely secretary who takes a vacation in Venice, hoping to fall in love. She does - with a very handsome but very married Italian man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 1998