Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
In 1974, Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz roamed Frankfurt for ten days with a small crew, capturing life in the city at that time: the political demonstrations, carnival fun, and debate within the SPD Party’s Congress. Interwoven to these are bizarre fictional situations and spy story parodies.
In 1974, Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz roamed Frankfurt for ten days with a small crew, capturing life in the city at that time: the political demonstrations, carnival fun, and debate within the SPD Party’s Congress. Interwoven to these are bizarre fictional situations and spy story parodies.
Directed by Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz, this treasure of the New German Cinema is a poignant hybrid, influenced by the city symphony tradition of ’20s cinema. Combining a thrilling story with documentary footage of Frankfurt, the film is a provocative, complex portrait of life in West Germany.