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Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (1975)

1975-07-07 · 108 min · Rating 7.60/10 (34 votes)

Frau Emma Küsters prepares dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary Frankfurt kitchen. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her irritating daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. But the point is moot: Ernst Küsters has not only murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he's employed but succeeded that by committing suicide.

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anarchist class differences communication communism daughter–in–law death of father distortion exploitation far-left frankfurt am main, germany free will german family hostage situation hostage-taking labor lack of communication layoffs left politics leftist radicalism magazine reporter mass media media & politics media manipulation murder-suicide narrative parent child relationship photojournalist piece work sensationalism singer