Götter der Pest (1970)

Réalisateur:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Scénariste:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (writer)

Release Date:

24 juillet 1970 (West Germany)

Genre:

Crime | Drame

Plot:

A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.

Awards:

2 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

very nice, for the real art movie lover

Ensemble

Hanna Schygulla	...	Johanna Reiher
Margarethe von Trotta	...	Margarethe
Harry Baer	...	Franz Walsch
Günther Kaufmann	...	Günther
Carla Egerer	...	Carla (as Carla Aulaulu)
Ingrid Caven	...	Magdalena Fuller
Jan George	...	Polizist
Lilo Pempeit	...	Mutter
Marian Seidowsky	...	Marian
Micha Cochina	...	Joe
Yaak Karsunke	...	Kommissar
Hannes Gromball	...	Supermarkt-Chef

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Gods of the Plague (USA)
Dieux de la peste, Les (France) [fr]

Durée:

91 min

Pays:

West Germany

Langue:

Allemand

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

UK:18 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | West Germany:16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Dingolfing, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Antiteater

Anecdotes:

In the hotel, Franz Walsch uses the pseudonym Franz Biberkopf. That's the name of title character of Alfred Döblin's famous novel "Berlin Alexanderplatz", which Fassbinder would adapt to a 13-part TV-miniseries later in his career.

Guillemet:

Günther: [dying words, after killing Carla] Life is very precious... even right now.

Connexions De Film:

Referenced in Innocent (2005)

very nice, for the real art movie lover

the movie seems to be random events and unconnected characters, but when i watched it the second time everything fell in place. the main character has just got out of jail (this is not explicit, but he walks by a long wall which seems to be circular and confining...see now that's art/clever)...so he gets out of jail and starts contacting people in his life, including girlfriend, brother, brothers abused wife, friends named gorilla and joe, etc...the lead actor did a wonderfull job of expressing the film's many ideologies, initially he seems expressionless but later you understand why he is the way he is...some themes are the trauma of jail (minimal actually), the petty crook mentality, girls and lovers and the futility of getting a job when one's only goal is to live, eat and love. The photography is high contrast black and white. Either they were copying old time russian directors or because they are from theatre they liked the lightning scheme, but i think they just wanted to jar the viewer's perspective and it works, never seen a movie with this type of photography. Highly recommended for the serious movie viewer. geocities.com/free_love98