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GERMANY · 1969

Katzelmacher

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
New German Cinema xenophobia social alienation working-class life immigration group dynamics
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Synopsis

A group of young slackers spend most of their time hanging out in front of a Munich apartment building. When a Greek immigrant named Jorgos moves in, however, their aimless lives are shaken up. Soon, new tensions arise both within the group and with Jorgos.

Year1969
CountryGermany
DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
MovementNew German Cinema
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