In Danger and Deep Distress, the Middleway Spells Certain Death: A female prostitute and thief makes her way through the city with a female GDR spy. Frankfurt, 1974. It's Carnival time. At the same time police forcibly evict students from occupied buildings). Strong-Man Ferdinand: A fundamentalist of the security forces. The chief of plant security Rieche (played by Heinz Schubert) has more proficiency in his job than his superiors permit. He needs to somehow demonstrate that his position is valuable. "The most dangerous opponents of a system are its protectors." The 2-disc DVD also offers short films, texts and short stories by Alexander Kluge.

DVD features (2 discs)
DVD 1

In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod 1974, 86'
Chapter selection
Porträt einer Bewährung 1964, 12'
Biermann-Film 1974, 3'
Die Frau auf dem Schlachtfeld 2006, 1'
Booklet with a text by Alexander Kluge
Texts by Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz as ROM features (only in German)
DVD 2

Der starke Ferdinand 1976, 91'
Chapter selection
Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard 1999, 45'
La Habanera 2006, 1'
Short stories "Ein Bolschewik des Kapitals" and "Wenn man sein Gewissen dressiert" as ROM features (only in German)

Production Period

1964 - 1999

Production Year

1964

Available Media

DVD

Original Version

German (de)

DVD

Subtitles

English (en), French (fr), Spanish (es), Russian (ru), Spanish (Latin America), Chinese (zh)