Katzelmacher

★★★★★

1969 · 1 h 28 min

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Drama

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Cast

Hanna Schygulla

Credits

Written by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Plot

A foreign worker arrives in a Munich neighbourhood.

Sinekatalog’s take

Rainer Werner Fassbinder's early film shows idle Munich youths turning hostile on a Greek guest worker. Static, stylised and cold, with Hanna Schygulla, it is a sharp, bleak anatomy of prejudice and boredom.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (3,345 votes)
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