Händler der vier Jahreszeiten / Janus Films ; Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation presents ; Buch u. Regie, Rainer Werner Fassbinder ; TangoFilm Produktion, Nummer Eins.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
Hans Hirschmüller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Karl Scheydt, Andrea Schober, Gusti Kreissl, Ingrid Caven, Kurt Raab, Heide Simon, Peter Chatel, Elga Sorbas, Lilo Pempeit, Walther Sedlmayer, Salem el Heïdi, Marian Seidowsky, Daniel Schmid, Michael Fengler, Hark Bohm, Harry Bär. Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. Special features: Commentary (audio commentary featuring Wim Wenders); Irm Hermann (interview with the actor); Hans Hirschmüller (interview with the actor); Eric Rentschler (interview with film historian Rentschler). Insert includes an essay by film scholar Thomas Elsaesser.
Summary:
This despairing yet mordantly funny film charts the decline of a self-destructive former policeman and war veteran struggling to make ends meet for his family by working as a fruit vendor.
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