Summary The clownish security chief of a West German business is obsessed with protecting his factory from fancied and real breaches, especially from groups such as The Red Army Faction. Ferdinand's paranoia and methods can't be contained by his company. The sympathetically-drawn Ferdinand's ludicrous actions recall those of the cynical, disastrous axis between fascism and big business in 1930's Europe: satire of the rise of private security. View more details
Directed : Alexander Kluge
Written : Alexander Kluge
Stars : Gert Günther Hoffmann Heinz Schubert Joachim Hackethal Vérénice Rudolph
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 28, 1976
Countries of origin : West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
Production companies : Edgar Reitz Film (ERF) Kairos-Film
Summary The clownish security chief of a West German business is obsessed with protecting his factory from fancied and real breaches, especially from groups such as The Red Army Faction. Ferdinand's paranoia and methods can't be contained by his company. The sympathetically-drawn Ferdinand's ludicrous actions recall those of the cynical, disastrous axis between fascism and big business in 1930's Europe: satire of the rise of private security. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 28, 1976
Countries of origin : West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
Production companies : Edgar Reitz Film (ERF) Kairos-Film
