Starke Ferdinand. Strongman Ferdinand. Biermann-Film. Porträt einer Bewährung. Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld. Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard. Habanera.
Notes:
In In Gefahr und grösster Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod: Dagmar Bödderich, Jutta Winkelmann, Norbert Kentrup, Kurt Jürgens, Alfred Edel. Der starke Ferdinand: Heinz Schubert, Verena Rudolph, Gert Günther Hörmann. Original film: [West Germany] : Kairos-Film, 1972. Title from container. "2-disc DVD with additional material"--Container.
Contents:
Disc 1. In Gefahr und grösster Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod (1974) (86:00) = In danger and in deep distress, the middleway spells certain death / Director, writer, Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz ; Biermann-Film (1974) (3:00) ; Porträt einer Bewährung (1964) (12:00) ; Die Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld (2006) (1:00) -- Disc 2. Der starke Ferdinand (1976) (1:31:00) = Strongman Ferdinand / Director, writer, Alexander Kluge; Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard (1999) (45:00) ; La habanera (2006) (1:00).
Summary:
In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod: A female prostitute and thief makes her way through Frankfurt with a female DGR spy during Carnival season. While festivities proceed, the police forcibly evict students from buildings they have occupied. Der starke Ferdinand: "The clownish security chief of a West German business is obsessed with protecting his factory from fancied and real breaches, especially from groups such as The Red Army Faction. Ferdinand's paranoia and methods can't be contained by his company. The sympathetically-drawn Ferdinand's ludicrous actions recall those of the cynical, disastrous axis between fascism and big business in 1930's Europe: satire of the rise of private security."--IMDB.
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