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Faustrecht der Freiheit (1975)

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Overview

Writers:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (writer)
Christian Hohoff (writer)
Release Date:
2 February 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Crime | Romance more
Plot:
Franz "Fox" Biberkopf is a working-class guy, at loose ends when his lover is arrested and the police shutter their carnival booth... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Another Memorable Fassbinder's film more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Peter Chatel ... Eugen Thiess
Rainer Werner Fassbinder ... Franz Bieberkopf alias 'Fox'
Karlheinz Böhm ... Max (as Karl-Heinz Böhm)
Adrian Hoven ... Wolf Thiess, Eugen's father
Christiane Maybach ... Hedwig
Harry Baer ... Philip (as Harry Bär)
Hans Zander ... Barman Springer
Kurt Raab ... Wodka-Peter
Rudolf Lenz ... Attorney Dr. Siebenkäss
Karl Scheydt ... Klaus
Peter Kern ... Florist 'Fatty' Schmidt
Karl-Heinz Staudenmeyer ... Krapp
Walter Sedlmayr ... Car dealer
Bruce Low ... Doctor
Marquard Bohm ... American Soldier (as Marquart Bohm)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Fist-Fight of Freedom (International: English title)
Fist-Right of Freedom (International: English title)
Fox (UK)
Fox and His Friends (USA)
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Runtime:
Germany:123 min | USA:123 min
Country:
West Germany
Language:
German
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Marrakech, Morocco more
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Company:
City Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The normally overweight Rainer Werner Fassbinder dieted strenuously to lose weight in order to play the role of Fox, which included a full-frontal nude scene. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Nacht der Regisseure, Die (1995) more
Soundtrack:
One Night more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Another Memorable Fassbinder's film, 1 September 2007
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Author: Galina from Virginia, USA

In "Fox and His Friends" (1975) which Rainer Werner Fassbinder wrote and directed, he played a main character, Franz Bieberkopf alias "Fox", a lower class, uneducated circus worker who loses his job when his lover, the circus owner is arrested and sent to prison for tax fraud. Fox believes in his luck and strikes it rich by winning 500,000 marks in the lottery and very soon attracts the attention of an elegant, posh, and sophisticated Eugen who knows very well how to make Fox pay for his expensive habits and how to make him invest a lot of money in his father business that is not very successful to say the least. What fascinated me the most - how convincingly Fassbinder - one man production company who came up with the idea, wrote the screenplay and directed the movie- played seemingly tough but as it turned, confused and vulnerable Fox. Another interesting aspect of the movie is the way Fassbinder describes the gay community in Germany of the early 70s. He does not make any excuses and he does not make his characters complete villains or innocent victims. The story he tells could've happened in any community.

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