Mostly Martha

Sep 9, 2001

1h 46m

★ 6.7

Overview

Martha is a single woman who lives for one passion: cooking. The head chef at a chic restaurant, Martha has no time for anything - or anyone - else. But Martha's solitary life is shaken when a fateful accident brings her sister's eight-year-old daughter, Lina, to her doorstep.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

ZDF

Prisma Film

Mostly Martha Trailers

Cast

Martha Klein

Martina Gedeck

Lina Klein

Maxime Foerste

Mario

Sergio Castellitto

Martha´s Therapist

August Zirner

Frida

Sibylle Canonica

Lea

Katja Studt

Carlos

Antonio Wannek

Bernadette

İdil Üner

Jan

Oliver Broumis

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