A treatise on love and desire tainted by harsh reality of capitalism, in which submission to the laws of lust-as-commerce is played out by five prostitutes and their pimp, who pits them against one another so that they are incapable of standing up to him collectively.
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Cast
26 people
Manfred Zapatka
Heinz
Known for
The Collini Case
Erkan and Stefan
Imke Barnstedt
Renate
Also in
Reunion
A Fairy for Dessert
Gundula Petrovska
Rosi
Also in
Zebralla
Nonstop Trouble with the Family
Gabriele Fischer
Susi
Also in
Grabbe's Last Summer
Der Führerschein
Johanna Sofia
Helga
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Birgit Anders
Monika
Also in
Kein Land
Blue Moon
Bernhard Adami
Barbara Beutler
Also in
The Microscope
Freak Orlando
Johanna Ebert
Fritz Ewert
Also in
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press
Johanna Gerhard
Hans-Joachim Grubel
Also in
Solinger Rudi
Der Erdnußmann
Sohrab Shahid-Saless Director · Manfred Grunert Writer Rolf Bauer Composer
First release February 26, 1983 · Produced in Germany · Production Multimedia, Ullstein Tele Video
Production
ZDF
Production
Multimedia
Production
Ullstein Tele Video
Production
Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 26, 1983
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Germany · May 20, 1983
Theatrical
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