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Summary
Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism.
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- Thought-provoking
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Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+11)
Critics 62Audiences 73GoodWatch 66
Tomatometer62%
Audience score76%
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 57 min
A typical length for dramas, +8 min on the typical 109
typical 109117Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1978
September 20, 1978
48 years ago
Genres
DramaThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Germany
21 of 21
Dirk BogardeHermann Hermann
Andréa FerréolLydia Hermann
Klaus LöwitschFelix Weber
Volker SpenglerArdalion
Bernhard WickiOrlovius
Armin MeierSilverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter KernMüller
Adrian HovenInspector Schelling- AAAlexander AllersonMayer
Hark BohmDoctor
Roger FritzInspector Braun
Gottfried JohnPerebrodov
Y Sa LoElsie
Lilo PempeitMrs. Schmidt
Ingrid CavenHotel Manager- VGVoli Geiler1st Landlady
Isolde Barth2nd Landlady
Gitty DjamalWoman in Pension
Harry BaerInnkeeper- OROsman RaghebPost Office Clerck
- HZHans ZanderMüller's Brother [Scenes Deleted]
Directing · 5
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director, Editor
- Harry Baer Assistant Director
- Stefan Zürcher Assistant Director
- Elke Vogt Script Supervisor
- Ronald M. Scheich Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Tom Stoppard Screenplay
- Vladimir Nabokov Novel
Production · 8
- Peter Märthesheimer Producer
- Dieter Menz Production Supervisor
- Lutz Hengst Production Executive
- Don French Unit Manager
- Rudolf Geiger Unit Manager
- Lutz Winter Unit Manager
Camera · 2
- Michael Ballhaus Director of Photography
- Karl-Heinz Vogelmann Still Photographer
Editing · 2
- Juliane Lorenz Editor
- Christine Fritz Assistant Editor
Sound · 4
- Peer Raben Original Music Composer
- James Willis Sound Mixer
- Milan Bor Sound Mixer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- John Stevenson Boom Operator
Art · 6
- Rolf Zehetbauer Production Design
- Klaus Meyenberg Property Master
- Herbert Strabel Art Direction
- Jochen Schumacher Art Direction, Set Decoration
- Ulrich Wendt Property Master
- Lothar Tropp Property Master
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Peter Knöpfle Makeup Artist
- Georg Kuhn Wardrobe Supervisor
- Max Dietl Costume Designer
- Dagmar Schauberger Costume Designer
- Any Nöbauer Makeup Artist
- Karin Geuer Wardrobe Supervisor
Other crew · 3
- Vincent van Gogh In Memory Of
- Antonin Artaud In Memory Of
- Unica Zürn In Memory Of
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