Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Querelle
Edition 1997
125'
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1982
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Drama
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Dialogue:
English
Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Composer:
Peer Raben
With:
Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet, Hanno Pöschl, Günther Kaufmann
The story of "Querelle de Brest" by Jean Genet served as the basis for Fassbinder's last film. The action takes place in one huge set created by the Oscar-winning Rolf Zehetbauer. Querelle is the story of a fascinatingly handsome sailor to whom all people become instant slaves. The same is true for his superior, the naval officer Seblon and of the brother owner Lysiane. But most of all Querelle loves himself - his proximity can be fatal to others. He is a mysterious angel-murderer. Fassbinder himself considered this material to be "perhaps the most radical novel in world literature."
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Credits
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Composer
Peer Raben
With
Brad Davis, Franco Nero, Jeanne Moreau, Laurent Malet, Hanno Pöschl, Günther Kaufmann
Scenario
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jean Genet, Burkhard Driest
Director of Photography
Xavier Schwarzenberger
Editor
Juliane Lorenz
Producer
Dieter Schidor
Production studios
Planet Film
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Dialogue
English
Countries of production
France, West Germany
Screenplay based on
Querelle (Jean Genet)
Year
1982