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Christian Heinisch | ... | Karl Roßmann |
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Nazzareno Bianconi | ... | Giacomo |
Mario Adorf | ... | Der Onkel | |
Laura Betti | ... | Brunelda | |
Harun Farocki | ... | Delamarche | |
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Manfred Blank | ... | Robinson |
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Reinald Schnell | ... | Der Heizer |
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Anna Schnell | ... | Line |
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Klaus Traube | ... | Der kapitän |
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Hermann Hartmann | ... | Der Oberkassier |
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Gérard Semaan | ... | Schubal |
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Jean-François Quinque | ... | Der Stewart |
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Willi Vöbel | ... | Pollunder (as Villi Vöbel) |
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Tilman Heinisch | ... | Green |
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Anne Bold | ... | Klara |
After making the domestic servant pregnant, a woman who doubles his age, a young man of only seventeen years from the German bourgeoisie is sent by his family to the United States in order to avoid a huge scandal.
Pretty good. Was surprised to find out about this one. Very rationalistic film making. Kind of Brechtian. I am really fond of the way the actors just recite their lines as opposed to act them, i also really liked the way it was shot, its static quality was very comforting for me even though this film is anything but comforting. It has, like everything i have read so far from kafka, this nightmare-ish feel to it. Everything always spirals down, everyone is alienating and confusing, every action has a undoable consequence. This time however, it is all in the context of a german immigrant in the united states who, deprived of his nationality becomes a sort of sub proletariat. But being him from a bourgeoise bringin he refuses to accept that fate which only makes thing worse for him. To me the point seems to be the impossibility of a decent living under the capitalist system or at least the easiness of the marginalization by it. The film was really good, i am really glad i got to see it. It is a really tough watch though. The scene where he is let go of his job in the hotel was one of the most frightening scenes i have ever watched in my whole life.