Martha's Garden

Aug 9, 1997

1h 29m

★ 6.3

Overview

Since weeks it’s cold and wet. It’s already late, Karl Winter is on his way home. Under dark circumstances he accidentally meets a woman of mysterious fascination – Martha… And so begins a love story of fatal dynamics which throws Karl far off the tracks of reason. Wicked dreams and subliminal changes in Karl’s surroundings confirm his feelings that with Martha the uncanniness has also entered his life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Balzli & Cie Filmproduktion

DRS

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Cast

Claire

Nina Hoger

Uwe

László I. Kish

Karl Winter

Stefan Kurt

Martha

Susanne Lüning

Tepesch

Karl-Ulrich Meves

Popescu

Nikola Weisse

Graber

Ingrid von Bothmer

Dr. Seltzer

Christian Schneller

Kellner

Diethelm Stix

Herbert

Anton Marty

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