1969 · drama · social · new-german-cinema
Katzelmacher
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder1h 30m1969
A group of young slackers spend most of their time hanging out in front of a Munich apartment building. When a Greek immigrant named Jorgos moves in, however, their aimless lives are shaken up. Soon, new tensions arise both within the group and with Jorgos.
Our read: Katzelmacher (1969) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · social · new-german-cinema entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / social, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- cold
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