Drama · Austria · 1979 · 1h 50m

Kassbach - Ein Portrait

Director

Cast

Walter Kohut as Karl Kassbach Immy Schell as Wife Maria Engelstorfer as Mother Franz Buchrieser as Friend Hanno Pöschl as Friend Erni Mangold as Liesi's mother

Crew

Dietrich Lohmann — Director of Photography Traude Gruber — Editor Peter Patzak — Writer Helmut Zenker — Writer Milan Dor — Producer

Tagline

Kassbach is no monster, he is terribly normal.

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

fascism

Key Collaborators

Peter Patzak Director Dietrich Lohmann Director of Photography Traude Gruber Editor Peter Patzak Writer Helmut Zenker Writer Milan Dor Producer

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