Fassbinder's terrorists are so incompetent they accidentally become government puppets — chaos ensues.
A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
Direction
Fassbinder's 44th film by age 33 — prolific and furious
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes political jargon into punchlines
Acting
Udo Kier radiates unsettling aristocratic menace
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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