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In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death

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In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death

4.7

1h 26m

1974

Synopsis

Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the serious formal and political concerns of the film, Kluge's heightened sense of the absurd safeguards a reserve of utopian optimism.

Director

Alexander Kluge

Edgar Reitz

Drama

Cast & Crew

Dagmar Bödderich

as Inge Maier

Jutta Winkelmann

Jutta Winkelmann

as Rita Müller-Eisert

Kurt Jürgens

Alfred Edel

as Bieringer

Norbert Kentrup

as Max Endrich

Willi Münch

Jutta Thomasius

Hans Drawe

as Dietzlaff

Christoph Gierke

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