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20:00 Uhr

German Film Forum 2015/16 - Director in Focus – Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Film|Katzelmacher

  • Hong Kong Film Archive Cinema, Hongkong

  • Preis HK$60/30 (full time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above and people with disabilities and minders and CSSA recipients). Other special offers: 20% off for each purchase of standard tickets for 3 (or more) different screenings. Goethe-Institut Hongkong’s students with a valid proof enjoy 20% off. The above offers cannot be used in conjunction with other special offers. All films are shown with English subtitles (Except for English dialogues)

Katzlmacher ©Goethe-Institut

1969, 88 mins, Germany, IIB
Awards:
1970 German Film Awards – Film Award in Gold – Outstanding Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography
1970 German Film Critics Association Awards – Best Film

In a Munich suburb: "Marie belongs to Erich, Paul sleeps with Helga, Peter lives on Elisabeth's money and Rosy sells her body to Franz".  Then the appearance of Jorgos, a Greek immigrant worker, brings commotion into the dull, placid life of this group of bored, young Germans. The Greek's mere presence is sufficient to turn the latent xenophobia into bitter conflict. Staged in the manner of Fassbinder’s play Katzelmacher, which premiered 1968 in a Munich theatre, the film’s static images portray a stifling and stagnant milieu and a crippled society. This early work was a milestone in the young filmmaker’s career.