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Martha's Garden
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Martha's Garden

1997-08-09 · 89 min · ★ 7.0

Drama

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.

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Directors
Peter Liechti
Production companies
Balzli & Cie Filmproduktion, BR, DRS
Countries
Switzerland
Status
Released

Top Cast

Nina HogerNina HogerClaire
László I. KishLászló I. KishUwe
Stefan KurtStefan KurtKarl Winter
Susanne LüningSusanne LüningMartha
Karl-Ulrich MevesTepesch
Nikola WeissePopescu
Ingrid von BothmerGraber
Christian SchnellerChristian SchnellerDr. Seltzer
Diethelm StixKellner
Anton MartyHerbert

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