Overview
Martha is a single woman who lives for one passion: cooking. The head chef at a chic restaurant, Martha has no time for anything - or anyone - else. But Martha's solitary life is shaken when a fateful accident brings her sister's eight-year-old daughter, Lina, to her doorstep.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the European Film Award for Best Actor (2002)
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Nominations
Nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress (2002)
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Box office
Grossed $4.16M worldwide
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Setting
Set in Hamburg
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Music
Music by David Darling
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Michael Bertl
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Sandra NettelbeckScreenplay
- Original title
- Bella Martha
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 9, 2001
- Original language
- German
- Revenue
- $4.2M
- Countries
- Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy
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Cast
Martina GedeckMartha Klein- Maxime FoersteLina Klein
Sergio CastellittoMario
August ZirnerMartha´s Therapist
Ulrich ThomsenSam Thalberg
Sibylle CanonicaFrida
Katja StudtLea
İdil ÜnerBernadette
Oliver BroumisJan
Antonio WannekCarlos
Sandra NettelbeckChristin (uncredited)
Gerhard GarbersHerr Steinberg- Angela SchmidtFrau Steinberg
Diego RibonGiuseppe Lorenzo
Wolf-Dietrich SprengerLauter Gast (as W.D. Sprenger)
Victoria TrauttmansdorffBegleiterin- Jerome DucornauJean
Dietrich AdamArzt
Katrin HansmeierBabysitter
Michael WittenbornLehrer
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