Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven

– Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kit..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 48 Minutes
Release Year:
1975
Original Name:
Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel
Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1975) - Also known as Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel

Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. The point, we soon find out, is moot: Mr. Kusters has murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he works before committing suicide.

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Release Date:

23 Mar 1976

Language:

German

Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Kurt Raab, Heinrich Zille (story "Mutter Krausens Fahrt Ins Glueck")

Main Actors:

Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm

Plot:

Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her annoying daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. The point, we soon find out, is moot: Mr. Kusters has murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he works before committing suicide.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production:

Criterion Collection

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%