West Germany,
1971, 89 min
Directed by:
Rainer Werner FassbinderScreenplay:
Rainer Werner FassbinderCinematography:
Dietrich LohmannCast:
Hans Hirschmüller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ingrid Caven, Hark Bohm, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Kurt Raab, El Hedi ben Salem (more)VOD (2)
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Hans is a street fruit peddler and born-loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes. One sociable day, while toasting his friends and family, he decides to drink himself to death. (Arrow Films)
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