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Katzelmacher is a 1969 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, based on his own play. The film centers on an aimless group of friends whose lives are shaken up by the arrival of an immigrant Greek worker, Jorgos (played by Fassbinder himself).
Katzelmacher is a 1969 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, about a Greek migrant worker who faces racism and jealousy in Munich. The film explores themes of prejudice, gossip, and social alienation in a black-and-white style.
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- Drama
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1969-11-22
Katzelmacher. Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s second feature depicts the intolerance of a circle of financially and sexually frustrated friends when an immigrant laborer (Fassbinder) moves to their Munich neighborhood.
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In this unflinching German drama by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a group of young slackers, including the couple Erich (Hans Hirschmuller) and Marie (Hanna Schygulla), spend most of their time ...
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- Hanna Schygulla
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Drama
Aug 8, 2020 · Katzelmacher was a revelation. One of only a handful of Fassbinder films which I had not seen before, it seems among his best, and most challenging, works. Fassbinder’s second feature film, Katzelmacher (1969) is a tour de force of stark visual beauty and ambiguous but riveting characters.
Katzelmacher builds up its powerful portrait of latent violence quite relentlessly, each tableau scene designed to show bigotry and prejudice clashing in non-communication. Yet instead of this pent-up violence releasing itself, for instance, in the repeatedly announced castration of Jorgos, the (pinteresque) verbal aggression merely fizzles out.
Katzelmacher is arguably the director's most powerful anti-racist, anti-Fascist statement, the stark simplicity of its mise-en-scène serving to strengthen its central message.
