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Chinese Roulette (German: Chinesisches Roulette) is a 1976 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It stars Margit Carstensen, Ulli Lommel, and Anna Karina. [2] The film, a bleak psychological drama, climaxes with a truth-guessing game, which gives the film its title.
Chinese Roulette: Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira, Ulli Lommel. Both parents of a young teen who walks with crutches secretly meet their lovers, who both surprise each other at the family's country home.
Aug 7, 2021 · Chinese Roulette serves as a particularly startling and impactful evocation of these preoccupations, both in its directness and its relentless brutality.
Shocking revelations occur when cheating spouses and their daughter (Andrea Schober) gather at their country estate. Taking one step at a time, Mr. Fassbinder is exploring new methods of cinema ...
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Dec 31, 2014 · A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the family's country house with their lovers. Written and Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Produced by Michael Fengler and Barbet Schroeder. Cinematography by Michael Ballhaus. Music by Peer Raben.
Aug 2, 2003 · Gerhard Christ (Alexander Allerson) takes his mistress. Irene (Anna Karina), to his country home, where he discovers his wife, Ariane (Margit Carstensen), engaged in her own romantic entanglement with his business partner, Kolbe (Ulli Lommel).
A wealthy couple, with a daughter Angela, a young teen who walks with crutches, tells each other they are off for the weekend on business (he to Oslo, she to Milan). Actually, both are meeting their lovers, and both go to the family's county home, Traunitz castle.
Psychodrama with a vengeance: Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s first international co-production, drenched in gothic atmosphere, is another deadly assault on the institution of marriage. Michael Ballhaus’ camera, ruthless and restless, leads us through a labyrinth of lies. 1976 Federal Republic of Germany, France.
Chinese Roulette. 1h 26m. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder • 1976 • West Germany. A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the family's country house with their lovers. Share with friends. Facebook Twitter Email. Watch anywhere, anytime.
Chinese Roulette is a cruel movie. It is firmly stuck in Fassbinder's harsh, icy world and is a film of cold intellectualism. Set in a house of dishonesty, Chinese Roulette functions as a beautiful chamber piece. Yet it slowly reveals social anarchy and the everyday fascism of family life.
