 German film critics responded very positively to the film and praised the film's combination of artistic values with mass appeal.In the weekly newspaper "Die Zeit" Hans-Christoph Blumenberg called the film "the most accessible (and thus most commercial) and mature work of the director".Karena Niehoff wrote in the daily newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung" that "The Marriage of Maria Braun" "is a charming and even amusing film, at the same time extraordinarily artful, artificial and full of twists and turns".