Franz Bieberkopf is a sweet and unsophisticated working-class homosexual man who works in a carnival as "Fox, the Talking Head". He finds himself without a job when his boyfriend Klaus, the carnival owner, is arrested for tax fraud. Fox visits his sister Hedwig who likes to drink and is in no mood or situation to provide any help. After losing the remaining money that he had, Fox turns to tricks in order to buy the lottery ticket he is convinced will bring him his fortune. Cruising in a public restroom, Fox meets an older man, Max, a sophisticated antique art dealer, who is not willing to give Fox the small amount of money he needs. Undeterred, Fox stops at a flowers shop and swindles the ten marks he needs from the overweight gay florist. With that money, Fox buys a lottery ticket as the newsagent is closing. Read more on Wikipedia.
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Drama, Romance |
Country: | Germany |
Produced By: | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Directed By: | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Written By: | Christian Hohoff, Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Cast: | Dietrich Kerky, Lilo Pempeit, El Hedi Ben Salem, Hans Zander, Karlheinz Böhm, Bruce Low, Harry Baer, Adrian Hoven, Irm Hermann, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Barbara Valentin, Marquard Bohm, Ulla Jacobsson, Rudolf Lenz, Karl-Heinz Staudenmeyer, Karl Scheydt, Peter Kern, Christiane Maybach, Kurt Raab, Evelyn Künneke, Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Walter Sedlmayr, Peter Chatel, Hark Bohm, Elma Karlowa, Ursula Strätz |
In Theaters: | Feb 02, 1976 |
Runtime: | 2 hours 3 minutes |
Production: | City Film, Tango Film |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |