Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

Movie·1975·1h 48m

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

Country

Germany

Language

German

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// overview

The Story

Original title: Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel

Frau Emma Küsters prepares dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary Frankfurt kitchen. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her irritating daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. But the point is moot: Ernst Küsters has not only murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he's employed but succeeded that by committing suicide.

Written By

Kurt Raab

Cinematography

Michael Ballhaus

Music

Peer Raben

Editor

Thea Eymèsz

Themes

suicideparent child relationshipwidowexploitationanarchistfrankfurt am main, germanydeath of fatherhostage-takingsingerworking classclass differencesfree will

Production House

Tango Film

Filmverlag der Autoren

Audience Score

77%

35 votes

Skip7%

Timepass17%

Go for it38%

Perfection38%

Where to watch

Region: US

Stream

· 1 service

Criterion Channel

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// cast

Cast

Brigitte Mira

Brigitte Mira

Emma Küsters

Ingrid Caven

Ingrid Caven

Corinna

Margit Carstensen

Margit Carstensen

Frau Thälmann

Karlheinz Böhm

Karlheinz Böhm

Karl Tillmann

Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Helene

Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Jörg Niemeyer

Kurt Raab

Kurt Raab

Barkeeper Gustav

Peter Kern

Peter Kern

Nachtklubbesitzer

Armin Meier

Armin Meier

Ernst

Matthias Fuchs

Matthias Fuchs

Horst Knab

Gustav Holzapfel

Herr Holzapfel

Lilo Pempeit

Lilo Pempeit

Sekretärin

Peter Chatel

Peter Chatel

Photograph

Peter Bollag

Photograph

Volker Spengler

Volker Spengler

Photograph

Vitus Zeplichal

Vitus Zeplichal

Reporter

Y Sa Lo

Y Sa Lo

Terroristin

Adrian Hoven

Adrian Hoven

Redacteur - in - chief Linke (uncredited)

// crew

Crew

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director, Writer

Kurt Raab

Kurt Raab

Writer

Peer Raben

Peer Raben

Original Music Composer

Thea Eymèsz

Editor

Michael Ballhaus

Michael Ballhaus

Director of Photography

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