The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Cinematography by Michael Ballhaus
R120 min63 frames
Drama
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What is The Marriage of Maria Braun about?
Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.
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What does the cinematography of The Marriage of Maria Braun look like?
Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of The Marriage of Maria Braun leans on medium shots (46% of the sample) and close-ups (37%). Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus keeps 51% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 49% of the frames. Focus stays shallow in 79% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Marriage of Maria Braun?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) are #322e2b, #120f0e, #47372d, #4e4634, #796953, #cfb491 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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