An exploration of the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Baal
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Sigi Graue
Ekart
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Margarethe von Trotta
Sophie
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Günther Neutze
Nech
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Hanna Schygulla
Luise
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Marian Seidowsky
Johannes
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Irmgard Paulis
Johanna
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Wilmut Borell
Mjurk
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Christine Schuberth
Stripperin Sabitka
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Josefine M.
Walter Sedlmayr
Anwalt Pschierer
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Günther Kaufmann
Kutscher Orgauer
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Querelle
Miriam Spoerri
Emilie Mech
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Emilia Galotti
Volker Schlöndorff Director · Bertolt Brecht Story Klaus Doldinger Composer
First release January 7, 1970 · Produced in Germany · Production Hallelujah-Film GmbH
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · January 7, 1970
TV · Hessischer Rundfunk
No release date listed for United States.
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