Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave (1973)
"Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin" (original title)

Director:

Alexander Kluge

Writer:

Alexander Kluge

Stars:

Ursula Birichs, Traugott Buhre, Alfred Edel

Cast

Credited cast:
Ursula Birichs	...	Mrs. A. Willek
Traugott Buhre	...	Dr. Genee
Alfred Edel	...	Factory security chief
Sylvia Gartmann	...	Sylvia
Alexandra Kluge	...	Roswitha Bronski
Bion Steinborn	...	Franz Bronski

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

abortion | housewife | student | social injustice | poverty | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Zinema.com (Spanish)

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

20 May 1975 (France)

Also Known As:

Occasional Work of a Female Slave

Filming Locations:

Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmverlag der Autoren, Kairos-Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

Feeling Restless? So does she!

This movie was intense and funny in its analysis of a restless gifted person. She was an abortionist. The very bizarre close examination of the work she did includes a jaw dropping opening that makes it appear that the film was shot during the events as they actually happened. She is keeping her family together but then loses interest and becomes a rabble rouser for workers in a chemistry plant. She helps them keep their jobs when the threat of moving the plant to Portugal comes to light, but of course, gets her husband fired when they identify her as the agitator.

In the end she opens a stand at the plant selling sausages wrapped in union pamphlets... Very funny, even the abortion clinic segment where she converts it into a veterinary clinic after she coaxes a dog to break through the police tape for her. Great basic film-making!