The Merchant of Four Seasons

★★★★★

Original title: Händler der vier Jahreszeiten · Turkish title: Dört Mevsim Satıcısı

1971 · 1 h 28 min

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Drama

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Cast

Hans Hirschmüller Irm Hermann

Credits

Written by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Plot

A fruit seller is driven to despair.

Sinekatalog’s take

Rainer Werner Fassbinder's early melodrama follows a fruit seller ground down by family and society. Bleak, stylised and sad, with Hans Hirschmüller, it is a sharp study of humiliation and the German postwar mood.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (5,792 votes)
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