Katzelmacher (1969)
Movie Info
Cast
as Marie
as Paul
as Rosy
as Elisabeth
as Franz
as Jorgos
Critic Reviews for Katzelmacher
All Critics (10) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (0) | DVD (1)
I've described the style of the film in some detail because it is so hypnotic and eventually so comic.
There's less plot than usual, but the portraiture already seems firmly in place.
Shot in just over a week and provides the writer-director with a larger collection of personalities to send careening against each other.
That's what Katzelmacher is: a punishment, via art, leveled at all the ignorant, egotistical racists Fassbinder had known.
Fassbinder's second film feels rarely moves, but simmers with a kind of rancid, unnamable anger.
For those looking to figure out what the hell Fassbinder was all about, this is an excellent starting point.
Audience Reviews for Katzelmacher
One of Fassbinder's first films is this cynical story that, even though not remarkable, was already an early indication of his talent as a filmmaker - something visible in the way he combines the naturalistic style of the Nouvelle Vague with a detached, Brechtian mode of acting.
Super Reviewer
Fassbinder is clearly much more comfortable here as he deals with xenophobia and repression.
Super Reviewer
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