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| Volker Spengler | ... | Erwin / Elvira Weishaupt | |
| Ingrid Caven | ... | Die rote Zora | |
| Gottfried John | ... | Anton Saitz | |
| Elisabeth Trissenaar | ... | Irene Weishaupt | |
| Eva Mattes | ... | Marie-Ann Weishaupt | |
| Günther Kaufmann | ... | J. Smolik, Chauffeur | |
| Lilo Pempeit | ... | Schwester Gudrun (as Lieselotte Pempeit) | |
| Isolde Barth | ... | Sybille | |
| Karl Scheydt | ... | Christoph Hacker | |
| Walter Bockmayer | ... | Seelenfrieda | |
| Peter Kollek | ... | Saeufer | |
| Bob Dorsay | ... | Selbstmörder | |
| Gerhard Zwerenz | ... | Burghard Hauser, Schriftsteller | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Janez Bermez | ... | Oskar Pleitgen (uncredited) | |
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ... | Seelenfrieda (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Wolfgang Hess | ... | Selbstmörder (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Günther Holzapfel | ... | Angestellter H. H. Brei (uncredited) | |
| Ursula Lillig | ... | Putzfrau (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Peer Raben | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |||
| Juliane Lorenz | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Franz Vacek | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Jo Braun | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Isolde Barth | .... | production manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| Wolfgang Mund | .... | sound | |
| Karl Scheydt | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Werner Lüring | .... | assistant camera | |
| Wolfgang Mund | .... | lighting technician | |
| Karl Scheydt | .... | lighting technician | |
Music Department | |||
| Roxy Music | .... | music performers: "A Song for Europe" (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Franz Vacek | .... | stage | |
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This is a confused and incoherent mess of interminable scenes of boring dialogues and monologues. That is no exaggeration: you have to make a tremendous effort to even try to become involved with it.
I sincerely thought Fassbinder would make something interesting in order to tell why does Erwin/Elvira suicides at the end, but instead of this, in every scene somebody is trying to explain: "when he was young, this happened..." and "he just came back from Casablanca and ordered to cut everything down there...", etc.
Soon in the movie, Erwin/Elvira is in a slaughter house talking with a friend prostitute (certainly a slaughter house is the best place for a pleasant little chat), and while telling her the story of Elvira's life, Fassbinder shows the killing of one cow after the other. It is difficult to choose between giving attention to the disturbing images or what the transvestite is saying. Of course we come to the very forced and coarse symbolism of "I have suffered much in my life, and am about to die".
In one of the sparse moments where actually happens something, Erwin/Elvira encounters a former lover, that only after performing a extremely gay choreography with two other guys (as if going for the necessary level of homosexuality) is that he recognizes Elvira.
There are some interesting shots and ideas, I must admit (such as when the nun tells the story of the young Erwin), but everything on the movie is wasted due to Fassbinder's self- indulgence.