Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (1971)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (writer)

Release Date:

1 September 1971 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

On a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. So the actors and actresses...

Plot Keywords:

Film In Film | Spain | Film Making | Western Town | Nudity

Cast

Lou Castel	...	Jeff, Regisseur
Eddie Constantine	...	Er selbst
Marquard Bohm	...	Ricky, Schauspieler
Hanna Schygulla	...	Hanna, Schauspielerin
Rainer Werner Fassbinder	...	Sascha, Herstellungsleiter
Margarethe von Trotta	...	Babs - Produktionssekretärin
Hannes Fuchs	...	David
Marcella Michelangeli	...	Margret
Karl Scheydt	...	Manfred
Ulli Lommel	...	Korbinian, Aufnahmeleiter
Kurt Raab	...	Fred
Herb Andress	...	Coach
Monica Teuber	...	Billi, Maskenbildnerin (as Monika Teuber)
Benjamin Lev	...	Candy, spanischer Aufnahmeleiter
Gianni Di Luigi	...	Kameramann

Also Known As:

Beware of a Holy Whore (USA)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German | English | French | Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:12 (re-rating) (2005) | West Germany:18 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Sorrento, Naples, Campania, Italy

Company:

Tango Film

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Die 120 Tage von Bottrop (1997)

Soundtrack:

Sisters of Mercy

Christ.

I saw the restored print today at the film forum it was stunning and lush and beautifully photographed. If you can't understand that Fassbinder's early films came out of his experiences in the theater in Germany, and the plays he wrote very often featured a group of people standing around talking, then you'll never understand this film or Fassbinder. This film is about Fassbinder, and like all his films it crosses genres widely mixing the obvious Warhol influence with films about films like Contempt, Day For Night, 81/2. It does feature a large cast of people and like the Chelsea Girls sitting around talking about nothing for four hours, Beware Of a Holy Whore features a large group of people doing whatever they want and catches them in various states of anger, sadness, drunkenness, etc. The dialogue is often amusing, but the monotony of the experience is what's important - again the link to Warhol. Moreover the director character in the film seems to me to be exactly a representation of Fassbinder and by the final half hour you really come to feel his frustration at everyone and life itself. This was Fassbinder when he directed, screaming , shouting at everyone. His reputation was widespread. In this film Fassbinder realizes his ridiculousness and decides to do it up - and that's where the self-parody comes in. If you want to see this movie for a comedy experience, next. The film is impressive, interesting, beautifully shot - one exceptional moment was the sunset shot where Jeff gets punched in the stomach. And the editing of the film half really worked well, cutting between scenes the way they did. Quite Effective. Really.