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ERA
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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Mostly Martha
2001 1h 46m DE
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★6.7TMDB · 118
DramaComedyRomance
Synopsis
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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.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Martina Gedeck
Martha Klein
Maxime Foerste
Lina Klein
Sergio Castellitto
Mario
August Zirner
Martha´s Therapist
Ulrich Thomsen
Sam Thalberg
Sibylle Canonica
Frida
Katja Studt
Lea
İdil Üner
Bernadette
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Sandra Nettelbeck
- Writers
- Sandra Nettelbeck
- Languages
- German, Italian
- Countries
- Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Italian.
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WORLD
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International production across 4 countries: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck, shot by Michael Bertl. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Mona Bräuer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Martina Gedeck and Maxime Foerste and Sergio Castellitto carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0246772 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Sandra Nettelbeck directs. Michael Bertl behind the camera. Mona Bräuer cuts. Produced in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy. Dialogue in German, Italian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Italian.
- 3International production across 4 countries: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy.
- 4Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck, shot by Michael Bertl. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Editor Mona Bräuer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Martina Gedeck and Maxime Foerste and Sergio Castellitto carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt0246772 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Classified under 9 themes, including "loss of loved one", "italy", "competition", "cooking".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Michael Bertl
- Editing
- Mona Bräuer
- Production design
- Thomas Freudenthal
- Costume design
- Bettina Helmi
- Makeup / hair
- Katharina Erfmann
- Runtime
- 106 min · 1h 46m
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $4,160,475
- Original language
- DE
Awards
- European Film Award for Best Actor
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Sandra Nettelbeck
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
ZDF
DE
- PR
Prisma Film
AT
Key crew
- ProducerChristoph Friedel
- Costume DesignBettina Helmi
- ProducerChristine Berg
- Executive ProducerDschingis Bowakow
- EditorMona Bräuer
- ProducerKarl Baumgartner
- Additional SoundtrackArvo Pärt
- Production DesignThomas Freudenthal
- Set DecorationSigrid Schröder
- Makeup ArtistKatharina Erfmann
- Makeup ArtistMartine Felber
- CastingHeta Mantscheff
- Production DesignCarlo Degli Esposti
- Production DesignMarcel Hoehn
- ProducerRainer Kölmel
- Production DesignUlrich Limmer
- ProducerMichael Seeber
- ProducerHeinz Stussak
- MusicSteve Reich
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- loss of loved one
- italy
- competition
- cooking
- mother role
- bars and restaurants
- restaurant
- woman director
- french cuisine
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2001-09-10
Also known as
International titles
- 美味、愛情、甜蜜蜜HK
