Fox and His Friends [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Fox and His Friends [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
, Peter Chatel
Peter Chatel
, Karlheinz Böhm
Karlheinz Böhm
, Harry Baer
Harry Baer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Fox and His Friends [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Fox and His Friends [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
, Peter Chatel
Peter Chatel
, Karlheinz Böhm
Karlheinz Böhm
, Harry Baer
Harry Baer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Blu-ray (Color)

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Overview

Faustrecht der Freiheit (Fox and His Friends) was one of the many films in the short, but prolific, career of German auteur Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Fassbinder plays Franz Biberkopf, a financially poor gay man who performs in a traveling circus as Fox the Talking Head. One day, he lucks into winning half a million marks in a lottery. This attracts the attention of numerous swindlers, including Eugen (Peter Chatel), who becomes Fox's lover, gets Fox to spend the money on Eugen, and then dumps Fox mercilessly once the money is gone. Unable to come to terms with how he has been used, and miserable at being in the same place he was before he won the money, Fox commits suicide. The cast is rounded out by El Hedi ben Salem and Brigitte Mira, the stars of Fassbinder's celebrated Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.

Product Details

Release Date: 01/17/2017
UPC: 0715515191418
Original Release: 1975
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Language: English
Time: 2:04:00
Sales rank: 13,046

Special Features

New 4k Digital Restoration, undertaken by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New interview with actor Harry Baer; New Interview with Filmmaker Ira Sachs; Excerpt from a 1975 interview with Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Excerpts from a 1981 interview with Composer Peer Raben; Trailer; New English Subtitle Translation; Plus: An Essay by film critic Michael Koresky

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Franz Bieberkopf / 'Fox'
Peter Chatel Eugen Thiess
Karlheinz Böhm Max
Harry Baer Philip
Adrian Hoven Father
Ulla Jacobsson Mother
Christiane Maybach Hedwig
Peter Kern Florist 'Fatty' Schmidt
Hans Zander Barman Springer
Kurt Raab Wodka-Peter
Irm Hermann Mlle. Cherie de Paris
Ursula Stratz Madame Antoinette
Elma Karlowa Shopkeeper #1
Barbara Valentin Max's wife
Bruce Low Doctor
Walter Sedimyn Car dealer
Evelyn Kunneke Secretary at Travel Agency
Ingrid Caern Singer in bar
Marquard Bohm American Soldier,Actor
Liselotte Eder Actor
Rudolf Lenz Actor
Karl Scheydt Actor
Ursula Straetz Actor
Walter Sedlmayr Actor
Peer Raben Composer

Technical Credits
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director,Screenwriter
Christian Hohoff Producer,Screenwriter
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