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In one film, this actress plays a singer who is deported by her lover’s father and later obtains footage of Nazi concentration camps for the Jewish conductor Robert. Another character played by this actress explains their ineptitude for algebra by asking “Why stick a letter onto a number?” In a shot looking through a window, a character played by this actress proclaims, “I am the Mata Hari of the economic miracle.” One film opens with a shot of a poster on the wall of a church that is blown open to reveal the ongoing wedding of a character played by this actress. That film ends with the (*) 1954 World Cup playing on the radio before this actress’ character dies in a gas explosion after finally reuniting with her ex-Nazi husband Herman. For 10 points, name this German actress, a mainstay of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, best known for her roles as Karin in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and the title character in The Marriage of Maria Braun. ■END■

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