The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Small-time pimp Franz is torn between his mistress and Bruno, the gangster sent after him by a shady crime syndicate he has refused to join.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes70%
60 audience votes
Key crew
- Rainer Werner FassbinderScreenplay
- Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector
- Peer RabenOriginal Music Composer
- Holger MünzerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ulli LommelBruno
- Hanna SchygullaJohanna
- Rainer Werner FassbinderFranz
- Katrin SchaakeDame im Zug
- Liz SoellnerZeitungsverkäuferin
- Ingrid CavenZweite Prostituierte
- Irm HermannSonnenbrillenverkäuferin
- Ursula SträtzProstituierte
- Gisela OttoProstituierte
- Hans HirschmüllerPeter
- Peer RabenJürgen
- Howard GainesRaoul
Stills
Themes
hitmanfalling in lovecriminalillegal prostitutioncrime syndicate