The Passionate Wild Story of Maria Braun

'THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN' is a glorious, remarkable film.  I watched this work of cinematic artistry the other night and I was mesmerized by the highly articulated dramatic concepts engendered by the movie's superb director, Rainer Werner Hassbinder.  This bit of cinema presents a fascinating saga of one woman's major adjustments to rip-roaring life in Postwar Germany.