Fox and His Friends (1975)
Survival of the fittest
Starring Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Böhm
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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.
Runtime: 123 min.
Rating: 7.4
DVD
Languages: Deutsch,French
Countries: Germany
Genres: Drama,Romance
Keywords: munich, germany,carnival,lottery,lover,fool,friends,male homosexuality,subculture,class conflict,deutsche,humbug,gay
Cast
Franz 'Fox' Bieberkopf
Eugen Thiess
Max
Wolf Thiess, Eugen's Vater
Hedwig
Philip
Rechtsanwalt Dr. Siebenkäss
Wodka-Peter
Klaus
Frau an der Lottostelle
Max's Ehefrau
Autohändler
Blumenverkäufer 'Fatty' Schmidt
Arzt
amerikanischer Soldat
Frau im Reisebüro
Ladenbesitzerin
Nachbarin
Barsängerin
Eugens Mutter
Polizist Müller
Madame Cherie
Marokkaner Salem