Aguirre, a Spanish father, left his family to work as a sewer worker in Germany. His son joined and he does hire. One day, the boy dies in an accident as well as German sewer worker who tries to save him. Aguirre tries to reach out to his widow and children who turn away. He understands that it is because he is a foreign worker and they reproach him as a foreigner, to be the cause of death of the German sewage worker. The universe Aguirre then collapses.
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Cast
18 people
Hans Christian Blech
Manuel
Known for
Wrong Move
Giordano Bruno
Willy Semmelrogge
Bauer
Known for
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Woyzeck
Armand Gatti
Edgar Hoppe
Hofmeister
Also in
Großstadtrevier
Käpt’n Blaubär – Der Film
Claus Bremer
Gertrud Hinz
Conchita
Rolf Becker
Showmaster
Known for
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Gloomy Sunday
André Wilms
Luis
Dieter Bitterli
Rainer Basedow
Known for
Rocks
Ferruccio Soleri
Napoli
Joachim Engel-Denis
Also in
Die Hesselbachs
Operation Walküre
Armand Gatti Director
First release May 11, 1970 · Produced in Germany
Production
Süddeutscher Rundfunk
Production
Germany
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Original language
German
Release dates
Germany · May 11, 1970
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No release date listed for United States.
Greece
November 8, 2017 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
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