Martha

After the death of her abusive father, the lonely librarian Martha marries an equally vile businessman - Helmut. The cruel and torturous nature of their relationship leads Martha to believe Helmut might be trying to kill her.

Martha is a 1974 drama romance movie directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Karlheinz Böhm, Margit Carstensen, Peter Chatel. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.5/10 from 3,274 votes and runs 1h 56m.