Directed by:
Sandra NettelbeckScreenplay:
Sandra NettelbeckCinematography:
Michael BertlCast:
Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto, August Zirner, Sibylle Canonica, Katja Studt, Idil Üner, Ulrich Thomsen, Sandra Nettelbeck (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Martha is the chef at a small gourmet restaurant in Hamburg who creates mini-masterpieces in every dish. She devotes every waking hour to her work and her shyness keeps her from breaking out of her monotonous routine or meeting new people. When her sister dies in an accident, however, she is compelled to adopt Lina, her 8-year-old niece. Martha's life changes in an instant: not only is she faced with adjusting to her new parental role, but she must also find inspired ways to deal with Lina's grief over the loss of her mother. Surprisingly, help comes from Mario, Martha's new Italian sous-chef, who begins to visit Martha and Lina, doing all that he can to cheer them up with jokes and elaborate meals. Just as the trio returns to a stage of normalcy in their lives, Lina's long missing father arrives, announcing that he wants to take Lina back to Italy with him. Having grown to love Lina and her own role as the girl's protector, Martha is faced with a difficult dilemma. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Martina Gedeck
West Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Maxime Foerste
Best movies:
Mostly Martha (2001)
Max Minsky and Me (2007)
Sergio Castellitto
Italy
Best movies:
Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000) (TV movie)
The Big Blue (1988)
The Family (1987)
August Zirner
USA
Best movies:
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
Voyager (1991)
Colonia (2015)
Sibylle Canonica
Switzerland
Best movies:
Beyond Silence (1996)
The Goldfish (2019)
Hotel Lux (2011)
Katja Studt
West Germany
Best movies:
Sunshine (1999)
The Golden Glove (2019)
Deadly Maria (1993)
Idil Üner
Best movies:
A Regular Woman (2019)
Head-On (2004)
Im Juli. (2000)
Ulrich Thomsen
Denmark
Best movies:
The Celebration (1998)
Adam's Apples (2005)
The Company (2007) (series)
Sandra Nettelbeck
West Germany
Best movies:
Mostly Martha (2001)
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Austria
Best movies:
System Crasher (2019)
The Golden Glove (2019)
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Maria Fuchs
Best movies:
Short Sharp Shock (1998)
Mostly Martha (2001)
Der Bulle von Tölz (1996) (series)
Dietrich Adam
West Germany
Best movies:
Mostly Martha (2001)
Tatort (1970) (series)
French for Beginners (2006)
Antonio Wannek
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001)
Oliver Broumis
West Germany
Best movies:
Stalingrad (1993)
Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen (1994)
Mostly Martha (2001)
Gerhard Garbers
German Empire
Best movies:
Felidae (1994)
Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen (1994)
Mostly Martha (2001)
Gunnar Titzmann
Best movies:
Mostly Martha (2001)
Schimanski (1997) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Katrin Hansmeier
Best movies:
The Silence (2010)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Mostly Martha (2001)
Regula Grauwiller
Switzerland
Best movies:
Short Sharp Shock (1998)
Mostly Martha (2001)
Die Toten vom Bodensee (2014) (series)
Angela Schmid-Burgk
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Mostly Martha (2001)