Country: West Germany Year: 1972 Language: German, Arabic

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast: Hans Hirschmüller (Hans Epp), Irm Hermann (Irmgard Epp), Hanna Schygulla (Anna Epp, Hans's sister), Andrea Schober (Renate Epp, Hans's daughter), Gusti Kreissl (Mother Epp), Klaus Löwitsch (Harry Radek), Karl Scheydt (Anzell), Ingrid Caven (The merchant's great love), Kurt Raab (Kurt, Heide's husband), Heide Simon (Heide, Hans's second sister), Peter Chatel (Dr. Harlach), Elga Sorbas (Marile Kosemund, a whore), Lilo Pempeit (Customer), Walter Sedlmayr (Fruit cart salesman (as Walther Sedlmayer)), El Hedi ben Salem (The Arab (as Salem El Heïdi)), Marian Seidowsky, Daniel Schmid (1st Candidate), Michael Fengler (Playboy), Hark Bohm (Chief Policeman), Harry Baer (2nd Candidate (as Harry Bär)), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Zucker (uncredited)), Peter Gauhe (Voice of Kurt (voice) (uncredited)), Sigi Graue (Mann am Stammtisch (uncredited)), Jürgen Prochnow (Mann am Stammtisch (uncredited))

Genre: Drama

Keywords: Fruit, Death, Heavy Drinking, Fruit Salesman, Dysfunctional Marriage, Bavarian, Marriage, Tear, Female Nudity, Adultery, Germany, Egypt, Rifle, German, Nervous Breakdown, Funeral, Art House, Cemetery, Female Frontal Nudity, Whip, Tragedy, Schnapps, Sniper, Fruit Cart, Adulterous Wife, Munich Germany, Bavaria, Whipping, Independent Film

Summary: Hans is a street fruit peddler and born-loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes. One sociable day, while toasting his friends and family, he decides to drink himself to death.

Budget: $325,000

Rating: 7.6 Votes: 938

Reviews: Filmcritic

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