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Rio das Mortes

Country: Germany, Language: German, 84 mins

  • Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Producer: Klaus Hellwig; Peer Raben

CGiii Comment

Everything you would expect from Herr Fassbinder...

Static camera, stagnant acting...


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The(ir) Blurb...

Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married.

Cast & Characters

Hanna Schygulla as Hanna;
Michael Konig as Michel;
Gunther Kaufmann as Gunther;
Katrin Schaake as Katrin - Hannas Freundin;
Harry Baer as Michels Kollege;
Ulli Lommel as Autohandler;
Marius Aicher as Meister;
Walter Sedlmayr as Sekretar;
Carla Egerer as Kundin;
Joachim von Mengershausen as Joachim - Katrins Freund;
Hanna Axmann-Rezzori as Mazenin;
Franz Maron as Hannas Onkel;
Elga Sorbas as Secretary to Hannas Onkel;
Rudolf Waldemar Brem as Kneipenbesucher;
Eva Pampuch as Freundin des Tanzers