''Martha and I'' (, ) is a 1990 Czechoslovak-West German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Jiří Weiss Jiří Weiss (29 March 1913 – 9 April 2004) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, playwright and pedagogue. Life Early life Jiří Weiss was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Prague. His father was a Czech patriot and named his son ...

. It was entered into the main competition at the

47th Venice International Film Festival The 47th annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 September 1990. American writer Gore Vidal was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was ''Rosencrantz & Guildenstern A ...

Cast

Marianne Sägebrecht Marianne Sägebrecht (; born 27 August 1945) is a German film actress. Her background included stints as a medical lab assistant and magazine assistant editor before she found her calling in show business. Claiming to be inspired by Bavaria's ma ...

as Marta *

Michel Piccoli Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...

as Dr. Arnošt Fuchs *

Václav Chalupa Václav Chalupa Jr. (born 7 December 1967 in Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech rower who competed at six consecutive Olympics from 1988 to 2008, winning a silver medal in 1992 behind Germany's Thomas Lange in the single scull. Ca ...

as Emil *

Ondřej Vetchý Ondřej Vetchý (born 16 May 1962) is a Czech actor. He is a member of The Drama Club (DC) in Prague. Filmography Films * 1985 – Janek in '' Give the Devil his Due'' * 1988 – Dan in '' Dům pro dva'' (nomination for European Film Award f ...

as Old Emil *

Klaus Grünberg Klaus Grünberg (born 20 November 1941 in Wismar, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its si ...

as Bertl * Michael Kausch as Werner *

Božidara Turzonovová Božidara Turzonovová,For biographical information concerning Turzonovová, use her general links, respectively the csfd's. (; born on May 28, 1942) is a Slovaks, Slovak film and stage (theater), stage actress of Bulgarian origin, often referred ...

as Róza Kluge *

Vladimír Brabec Vladimír Brabec (15 May 1934 in Prague – 1 September 2017 in Nová Ves pod Pleší) was a Czech actor. Selected filmography *''Revolucni rok 1848'' (1949) - Student *''Krízová trojka'' (1952) - Boy *''Velké dobrodruzství'' (1952) - Cerv ...

as Father Kluge * Jana Březinová as Ida *

Soňa Valentová Soňa Valentová (later Hasprová; 3 June 1946 – 10 December 2022) was a Slovak actress. She starred in the 1969/1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. She was born in Trnava Trnava (, , ; , also known by other #Names an ...

as Elsa * Jana Altmannová as Kamila *

Zuzana Kocúriková Zuzana is a common female given name in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is often translated to other languages as Zuzanna ( Polish), Zsuzsanna (Hungarian), Suzanne, Susan, or Susannah – all commonly derived from the Hebrew language name Sho ...

as Ilona *

Jiří Menzel Jiří Menzel () (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020) was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films ...

as Dr. Benda

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* 1990s coming-of-age drama films Czechoslovak drama films 1990 drama films 1990 films Films directed by Jiří Weiss West German films Holocaust films Czech coming-of-age drama films German coming-of-age drama films 1990s Czech-language films 1990s German films {{1990s-drama-film-stub