Kassbach - Ein Portrait
7.4
“Kassbach is no monster, he is terribly normal.”
Viennese vegetable merchant Karl Kassbach becomes a member of a right-wing extremist organization, which plans numerous attacks on democratic institutions and journalists. The film attempts to portray a realistic and detail-oriented study of the mind of the "Kleinbürger", trapped between the fringes of the lower and middle-classes.
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Cast
26 people
Walter Kohut
Karl Kassbach
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A Bridge Too Far
Supermarket
Immy Schell
Wife
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War and Remembrance
Große Liebe
Peter Patzak
Milan Dor
Dietrich Lohmann
Maria Engelstorfer
Mother
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Santa Lucia
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Helmut Zenker
Michael Wolkenstein
Franz Buchrieser
Friend
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Berlin Alexanderplatz
Zwei Weihnachtsmänner
Georg Danzer
Hanno Pöschl
Friend
Known for
Before Sunrise
Revanche
Elisabeth Klobassa
Peter Patzak Director · Helmut Zenker Writer Dietrich Lohmann Cinematographer
First release February 23, 1979 · Produced in Austria · Working title Kassbach, oder das allgemeine Interesse an Meerschweinchen
Production
Satel Film
Production
Austria
Produced in
Kassbach, oder das allgemeine Interesse an Meerschweinchen
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 23, 1979
Premiere · West-Berlin
Austria · March 30, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
November 29, 1989 · Austrian Film Week
Finland
March 27, 1981
France
May 1, 1979 · Cannes Film Festival
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