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Original version with English subtitles
Poster
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf), Peter Chatel (Eugen Thiess), Karlheinz Böhm (Max), Adrian Hoven (Wolf Thiess, Eugen's Vater), Christiane Maybach (Hedwig), Harry Baer (Philip), Rudolf Lenz (Rechtsanwalt Dr. Siebenkäss), Kurt Raab (Wodka-Peter), Karl Scheydt (Klaus)
Plot Outline
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class roots, and the shiny new facade of middle class consciousness.
Genre
Drama, Romance
Runtime
123 minutes
Production country
DE
Released
1975