Emma Küsters (Brigitte Mira) is hounded by the press when her factory-worker husband goes murderously berserk after learning of impending mass redundancies. Lonely, traumatised and desperate to clear her husband’s name, she is easy prey for a suave communist couple who offer their support. Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder lashes out in every direction in this fearless critique of a pervasively exploitative society.
Mutter Küsters Fahrt zum Himmel (1975)
The wife of a factory worker gone murderously berserk finds herself hounded and exploited.
- 1975 Federal Republic of Germany
- Directed by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Written by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Featuring
- Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Karlheinz Böhm
- Running time
- 120 minutes