Gods of the Plague
1970 · Movie · 91 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Franz Walsch, a small-time hood, is released from jail and searches for his old acquaintances. He finds his girlfriend Johanna and visits his mother with his brother Marian. Women are attracted to Franz, though he is a man of few words and remains emotionless throughout his encounters with them. Johanna becomes jealous when Franz goes off with his new lover Margarethe, and the pair connect with his old buddy Günther, known as the Gorilla. After Marian is murdered, a detective searching for the Gorilla and Franz pressures Johanna into divulging what she knows about them.
Direction Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast Hanna Schygulla · Margarethe von Trotta · Harry Baer · Günther Kaufmann · Carla Egerer · Ingrid Caven · Jan George · Lilo Pempeit · Marian Seidowsky · Micha Cochina · Yaak Karsunke · Hannes Gromball
Soundtrack Peer Raben
Screenplay Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cinematography Dietrich Lohmann
Original title Götter der Pest
6.2
184 votes (FilmAffinity)
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