Filme von Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Faustrecht der Freiheit (Fox and His Friends)

Franz (Fassbinder), an unemployed showman and hooker, wins a half a million in the lottery. Antique dealer Max (Karlheinz Böhm) introduces him to a group of elegant homosexuals. He falls in love with Eugen (Peter Chatel), the son of an entrepreneur. The two move in together. Franz pays the rent of the apartment that is being furnished extravagantly by Eugen. Also, Franz puts the quasi bankrupt firm of Eugen’s family back on an even keel. Eugen wants to teach Franz good manners and culture, but the class difference remains insurmountable. Eugen’s financial exploitation of Franz is continuous; the latter looses his share in the firm and finally even his apartment. The two split up. Eugen returns to his old lover. Franz commits suicide.

Weltvertrieb
R.W.F. Werkschau

Verleih (D)
Basis-Film

Produktionsjahr
1974/75
Regie
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Buch
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Collaborator Christian Hohoff
Kamera
Michael Ballhaus
Musik
Peer Raben
Schnitt
Thea Eymèsz
Ausstattung
Kurt Raab
Besetzung
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Franz Biberkopf) Peter Chatel (Eugen) Karlheinz Böhm (Max) Rudolf Lenz (lawyer) Karl Scheydt (Klaus) Hans Zander (Springer, bartender) Kurt Raab (Vodka-Peter) Adrian Hoven (Eugen’s father) Ulla Jacobsen (Eugen’s mother) Irm Hermann (Madame Chérie) Katharina Buchhammer (Madame Isabelle) Ursula Strätz (Madame Antoinette) Christiane Maybach (Hedwig, Franz’s sister) Elma Karlowa (first kiosk owner) Brigitte Mira (second kiosk owner) Harry Baer (Philip) Peter Kern (flower vendor) Barbara Valentin (Max’s wife) Bruce Low (doctor) Walter Sedlmayr (car dealer) El Hedi Ben Salem (Moroccan) Hannes Gromball (waiter in Moroscan hotel) Ingrid Caven (singer) Marquard Bohm (GI) Lilo Pempeit (neighbor) Hark Bohm (policeman) Evelyn Künneke Karl Heinz Staudenmeier Helmut Petigk
Produktion
Tango-Film / City Film
Format
35 mm, color, 123 min.