Filme von Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Wildwechsel (Jail Bait)

Hanni (Eva Mattes) is only 13, but mature at an early age. Her Franz (Harry Baer) is 19 and an unskilled worker. His relationship with the minor does not go undetected. As a consequence, he is sentenced to jail for six months. After he is released early because of good conduct, the two still continue to meet in secret. Hanni’s father (Jörg von Liebenfels) threatens with the police and with homicide “in case that something happens again.” His daughter is way too good for a marriage with this “guy”. When Hanni is pregnant, she only knows one way out: She puts a weapon into Franz’ hand, and they kill the father. In prison, she gives birth to a dead child. “It was not real love, it was only something physical …,” says Hanni to Franz.

Weltvertrieb
R.W.F. Werkschau

Verleih (D)
Basis-Film

Produktionsjahr
1972
Regie
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Buch
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, after Franz Yaver Kroetz' play
Kamera
Dietrich Lohman
Musik
Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Anka
Schnitt
Thea Eymèsz
Ausstattung
Kurt Raab
Besetzung
Jörg von Liebenfels (Erwin) Ruth Drexel (Hilda, his wife) Eva Mattes (Hanni, their daughter) Harry Baer (Franz) Rudolf Waldemar Brem (Dieter) Hanna Schygulla (doctor) Kurt Raab (boss) Karl Scheydt (first cop) Klaus Löwitsch (second cop) Irm Hermann (Police Officer) Marquard Bohm (Police Officer) El Hedi Ben Salem (friend)
Produktion
Intertel (commissioned by SFB)
Format
35 mm, Color, 102 min. (Fassbinder shot an alternative ending – Length: 10 min. – initially intended for the film’s US-version.)