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The Merchant of Four Seasons (German: Händler der vier Jahreszeiten) is a 1972 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hans Hirschmüller and Irm Hermann. The plot follows the life of a fruit-peddler, living in 1950s Munich, who is driven over the edge by an uncaring society. [2] [3]
The Merchant of Four Seasons. Hans Epp is a self-destructive man who lives a dissatisfied life. He tries to find meaning as a fruit vendor, but a heart attack impedes his ability to work, which turns his dissatisfaction into despair.
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- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1972-02-10
The Merchant of Four Seasons (German: Händler der vier Jahreszeiten) is a 1971 West German drama movie directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Hans Hirschmüller, Irm Hermann, Ingrid Caven, Kurt Raab, Hanna Schygulla, Walter Sedlmayr, Klaus Löwitsch.
In this anguished yet mordantly funny film, Fassbinder charts the decline of a self-destructive former policeman and war veteran struggling to make ends meet for his family by working as a fruit vendor.
- Hans Epp
Dec 24, 2017 · The Merchant of Four Seasons is a subtle, unsentimental, yet deeply moving portrait of the crushing of the spirit – the tragic failure, not of a man, but of his cruel, alienating environment. © Acquarello 2000.
Jul 25, 2003 · The world of The Merchant of Four Seasons is held together by the mortar of money. Fassbinder takes delight in rigorously documenting transactions, profit calculations, accounting, haggling, expense lists, and the act of money changing hands.
Jul 30, 2003 · An autobiographical horror story about a fruit merchant whose heart is literally broken by a cold, vindictive family comprised of mostly of castrating women. As a cop, Hans succumbs to a prostitute's wiles; then, demoted to the proletarian job of selling wares on the street, he's no longer...
