Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven 1975 Watch Free

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Emma Küsters, a working-class woman, lives in Frankfurt with her son and daughter-in-law. While doing cottage industry work assembling electric plugs, Frau Küsters learns that her husband Hermann (a tire-factory worker for twenty years) has killed his supervisor or his supervisor’s son and then committed suicide. It later becomes apparent that Mr. Küsters had become temporarily insane after hearing layoff announcements.

Exploitation by Reporters

A group of reporters take advantage of the grieving Mother Küsters to sensationalize the deaths. Finding no solace from her son Ernst, daughter-in-law Helene, who promptly go on holiday, or daughter, Küsters turns to Karl and Marianne Thälmann, two members of what turns out to be the German Communist Party (DKP). They introduce themselves at Hermann’s funeral, and invite her to their home, which Marianne had inherited.

Joining the Communist Party

Emma Küsters now joins the Communist Party, having found Karl’s newspaper article more sympathetic, but after Küsters speaks at her first DKP political gathering she meets a young male paper seller who claims to really have her interests at heart in clearing her husband’s name. She quickly grows impatient with the communists’ passive tactics; they have to campaign in the forthcoming elections, Karl explains. She connects with a small group of anarchists, who, though even smaller in number than the communists, claim to have more spirit.

Moral Dilemma and Endings

There are two endings to the film:

• Ending 1: The anarchists’ demands escalate leading to a tragic clash with the police resulting in casualties.
• Ending 2: A more peaceful resolution where Emma Küsters finds companionship and a potential romantic relationship.

Film Critique by Fassbinder

Fassbinder’s film criticizes the bloodthirst of the 1970s German media in a similar manner to The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum. However, Fassbinder’s film goes further by criticizing the overwhelming selfishness present in contemporary society. Nearly everyone who Mother Küsters encounters is self-serving and unconcerned with comforting her. Fassbinder also clearly criticizes the small German Communist Party’s moderation and “armchair activism”.

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