The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
An exploration of the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
21 audience votes
Key crew
- Volker SchlöndorffDirector
- Klaus DoldingerOriginal Music Composer
- Volker SchlöndorffScreenplay
Cast
- Rainer Werner FassbinderBaal
- Sigi GraueEkart
- Margarethe von TrottaSophie
- Günther NeutzeNech
- Hanna SchygullaLuise
- Marian SeidowskyJohannes
- Irmgard PaulisJohanna
- Wilmut BorellMjurk
- Christine SchuberthStripperin Sabitka
- Walter SedlmayrAnwalt Pschierer
- Günther KaufmannKutscher Orgauer
- Miriam SpoerriEmilie Mech
Stills
Themes
bourgeoisiebased on play or musicalmoralityoutsidersocial outcastfringe