THE MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS[BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1971
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: New German Cinema icon Rainer Werner Fassbinder kicked off a new phase of his young career when he made the startling The Merchant of Four Seasons. In this anguished yet mordantly funny film, Fassbinder charts the decline of a self-destructive former policeman and war veteran struggling to make ends meet for his family by working as a fruit vendor. Fassbinder had gained acclaim for a series of trenchant, quickly made early films, but for this one he took more time and forged a new style—featuring a more complexly woven script and narrative structure and more sophisticated use of the camera, and influenced by the work of his recently discovered idol, Douglas Sirk. The result is a meticulously made, unforgiving social satire.;
• Cast: Hans Hirschmüller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Andrea Schober, Gusti Kreissl, Klaus Löwitsch, Karl Scheydt, Ingrid Caven, Kurt Raab, Heide Simon, Peter Chatel, Elga Sorbas, Lilo Pempeit, Walter Sedlmayr, El Hedi ben Salem, Daniel Schmid, Michael Fengler, Hark Bohm, Harry Baer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Gauhe, Sigi Graue, Jürgen Prochnow, Dietrich Lohmann, Thea Eymèsz
• Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• Runtime: 1:28
• Company: Filmverlag Der Autoren, Tango Film, Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie