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Mostly Martha

2001-09-09 · 106 min · ★ 6.7

Drama · Comedy · Romance

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.

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Directors
Sandra Nettelbeck
Production companies
ZDF, Prisma Film
Countries
Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 4,160,475

Top Cast

Martina GedeckMartina GedeckMartha Klein
Maxime FoersteLina Klein
Sergio CastellittoSergio CastellittoMario
August ZirnerAugust ZirnerMartha´s Therapist
Ulrich ThomsenUlrich ThomsenSam Thalberg
Sibylle CanonicaSibylle CanonicaFrida
Katja StudtKatja StudtLea
İdil Ünerİdil ÜnerBernadette
Oliver BroumisOliver BroumisJan
Antonio WannekAntonio WannekCarlos
Sandra NettelbeckSandra NettelbeckChristin (uncredited)
Gerhard GarbersGerhard GarbersHerr Steinberg
Angela SchmidtFrau Steinberg
Diego RibonDiego RibonGiuseppe Lorenzo
Wolf-Dietrich SprengerWolf-Dietrich SprengerLauter Gast (as W.D. Sprenger)
Victoria TrauttmansdorffVictoria TrauttmansdorffBegleiterin
Jerome DucornauJean
Dietrich AdamDietrich AdamArzt
Katrin HansmeierBabysitter
Michael WittenbornMichael WittenbornLehrer

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