In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death

Name: In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
Genre: Drama
Released: 1974
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 5

1974 · 86 min

Drama

★ 5.0

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Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the serious formal and political concerns of the film, Kluge's heightened sense of the absurd safeguards a reserve of utopian optimism.

Crew

Director Alexander Kluge
Director Edgar Reitz
Writer Edgar Reitz
Writer Alexander Kluge

Cast

D
Dagmar Bödderich
Inge Maier
Jutta Winkelmann
Rita Müller-Eisert
K
Kurt Jürgens
Alfred Edel
Bieringer
N
Norbert Kentrup
Max Endrich
W
Willi Münch
J
Jutta Thomasius
H
Hans Drawe
Dietzlaff
C
Christoph Gierke
U
Utz Rausch

Crew

Director — Alexander Kluge
Director — Edgar Reitz
Writer — Edgar Reitz
Writer — Alexander Kluge

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