Bella Martha
Mostly Martha
Martha, in her own slightly obsessive but charming way, creates sublime masterpieces in the art of cooking as a chef of a small gourmet restaurant in Hamburg. And yet, her everyday existence is rather monotonous. She is introverted, has hardly any private life, and exists only for her work. All of that changes when her sister, a single mother, dies in an accident and Martha has to take care of Lina, her sister′s eight-year-old daughter. The little girl suffers badly from the loss of her mother. It is only the presence of Mario, Martha′s merry Italian colleague, who brings light and pasta into the lives of the two outsiders. He turns from a rival into a loving friend. A sensitive romance starts between them, just when Lina′s long-lost father appears. He wants to take Lina back with him to Italy. And Martha? Martha has to make a decision.
Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Martha Klein
- Mario
- Lina
- Frida
- Lea
- Bernadette
- Therapeut
- Sam Thalberg
- Jan
- Carlos
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Steadycam operator
Production design
Property master
Title
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound design
Sound
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Special effects
Casting
Music
Cast
- Martha Klein
- Mario
- Lina
- Frida
- Lea
- Bernadette
- Therapeut
- Sam Thalberg
- Jan
- Carlos
- Herr Steinberg
- Frau Steinberg
- Giuseppe Lorenzo
- Lauter Kunde
- Begleiterin
- Jean
- Barmann
- Kellner
- Arzt
- Babysitter
- Lehrer
- Freundin
Production company
in association with
Producer
Producer (TV)
Executive producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Pre-production
Original distributor
Shoot
- 21.03.2000 - 20.05.2000: Hamburg
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 15.02.2002, 89942, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (CH): August 2001, Locarno, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): Januar 2002, Saarbrücken, Max-Ophüls-Preis;
Kinostart (DE): 18.04.2002;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): , Arte
Titles
- Originaltitel (CH) Martha
- Originaltitel (DE) Bella Martha
- Weiterer Titel Mostly Martha
- Arbeitstitel (DE) Drei Sterne
- Originaltitel (IT) Ricetta d'amore
Versions
Digitalisierte Fassung
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 15.02.2002, 89942, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (CH): August 2001, Locarno, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): Januar 2002, Saarbrücken, Max-Ophüls-Preis;
Kinostart (DE): 18.04.2002;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): , Arte
Awards
- Beste Darstellerin
- Lola, Beste Hauptdarstellerin
- Großer Preis der Jury
- Prädikat: Besonders wertvoll