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New German Cinema icon Rainer Werner Fassbinder kicked off a new phase of his young career when he made the startling The Merchant of Four Seasons. In this anguished yet mordantly funny film, Fassbinder charts the decline of a self-destructive former policeman and war veteran struggling to make ends meet for his family by working as a fruit vendor. Fassbinder had gained acclaim for a series of trenchant, quickly made early films, but for this one he took more time and forged a new style—featuring a more complexly woven script and narrative structure and more sophisticated use of the camera, and influenced by the work of his recently discovered idol, Douglas Sirk. The result is a meticulously made, unforgiving social satire.
Original Release
02/10/1972
US Release
11/16/1973
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Hans Hirschmüller | Hans Epp |
Irm Hermann | Irmgard Epp |
Hanna Schygulla | Anna Epp / Anna Epp, Hans's sister |
Klaus Lowitsch | Harry Radek / Harry |
Karl Scheydt | Anzell |
Andrea Schober | Renate Epp / Renate Epp, Hans's daughter |
Gusti Kreissl | Mother Epp |
Ingrid Caven | Hans's great love / die große Liebe |
Kurt Raab | Kurt |
Heide Simon | Heide |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Hans Hirschmüller | Hans Epp |
Irm Hermann | Irmgard Epp |
Hanna Schygulla | Anna Epp / Anna Epp, Hans's sister |
Klaus Lowitsch | Harry Radek / Harry |
Karl Scheydt | Anzell |
Andrea Schober | Renate Epp / Renate Epp, Hans's daughter |
Gusti Kreissl | Mother Epp |
Ingrid Caven | Hans's great love / die große Liebe |
Kurt Raab | Kurt |
Heide Simon | Heide |
Peter Chatel | Dr. Harlach |
Elga Sorbas | Marile |
Lilo Pempeit | Customer / Kundin |
Walter Sedlmayr | Fruit cart salesman / Karren-Verkäufer |
El Hedi ben Salem | The Arab / Araber |
Marian Seidowsky | |
Daniel Schmid | 1st Candidate |
Michael Fengler | Playboy |
Hark Bohm | Chief Policeman / Polizei-Vorgesetzter |
Harry Baer | 2nd Candidate |