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Riistapolku

Original title: Wildwechsel
  • TV Movie
  • 1972
  • K-16
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Harry Baer and Eva Mattes in Riistapolku (1972)
Drama

Jailbait (Wildwechsel, 1973), also known as Wild Game Crossing, is a bleak story of teenage angst, set in industrial northern Germany during the 1950s. Like in many other of his films, Fassb... Read allJailbait (Wildwechsel, 1973), also known as Wild Game Crossing, is a bleak story of teenage angst, set in industrial northern Germany during the 1950s. Like in many other of his films, Fassbinder analyses lower middle class life with characters who, unable to articulate their fee... Read allJailbait (Wildwechsel, 1973), also known as Wild Game Crossing, is a bleak story of teenage angst, set in industrial northern Germany during the 1950s. Like in many other of his films, Fassbinder analyses lower middle class life with characters who, unable to articulate their feelings, bury them in inane phrases and violent acts.[51] Love turns into a power struggle o... Read all

  • Director
    • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Writers
    • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    • Franz-Xaver Kroetz
  • Stars
    • Eva Mattes
    • Ruth Drexel
    • Harry Baer
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    503
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    • Writers
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
      • Franz-Xaver Kroetz
    • Stars
      • Eva Mattes
      • Ruth Drexel
      • Harry Baer
    • 5User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Eva Mattes
    Eva Mattes
    • Hanni Schneider
    Ruth Drexel
    • Hilda Schneider
    Harry Baer
    Harry Baer
    • Franz Bermeier
    Jörg von Liebenfelß
    • Erwin Schneider
    Karl Scheydt
    Karl Scheydt
    • Policeman
    Rudolf Waldemar Brem
    Rudolf Waldemar Brem
    • Dieter
    El Hedi ben Salem
    El Hedi ben Salem
    • Franz's friend
    Hanna Schygulla
    Hanna Schygulla
    • Doctor
    Klaus Löwitsch
    Klaus Löwitsch
    • Policeman
    Kurt Raab
    Kurt Raab
    • Factory Boss
    Marquard Bohm
    Marquard Bohm
    • Police Official
    Irm Hermann
    Irm Hermann
    • Police Official
    • Director
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    • Writers
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
      • Franz-Xaver Kroetz
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    • Trivia
      Shot in 1972; premiered on West German TV channel ARD on January 9, 1973.
    • Connections
      Spoofed in Teen-Age Jail Bait (1973)
    • Soundtracks
      You Are My Destiny
      Written and Performed by Paul Anka

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    8/10
    what a pity this film is not known by most Fassbinder-fans
    Wildwechsel is one of the very good Fassbinder films. It's a family-story with all the restrictions in a typical Bavarian Fassbinder-family. Eva Matthes is the daughter in her puberty who wants to explore sexuality. Harry Baer is the young Romeo. But as always with Fassbinder the people surrounding the two - parents - are enemies of the relationship. I don't know, why this Fassbinder-film is never been shown on TV again and why it never got released on VHS or DVD - lucky people who have the film on celluloid ;-) Maybe it has to do with the author Franz Xaver Kroetz, that this very good Fassbinder-film from the center of his oeuvre is not available.
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    • Jan 17, 2007

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    • Release date
      • January 9, 1973 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Jail Bait
    • Filming locations
      • Straubing, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Intertel
      • Sender Freies Berlin (SFB)
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    • Budget
      • DEM 550,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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