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Release Date:
March 30, 1979
Original Title:
Kassbach - Ein Portrait
Alternate Titles:
Kassbach, oder das allgemeine Interesse an Meerschweinchen
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Satel Film
Production Countries:
Austria
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 110
Viennese vegetable merchant Karl Kassbach becomes a member of a right-wing extremist organization, which plans numerous attacks on democratic institutions and journalists. The film attempts to portray a realistic and detail-oriented study of the mind of the "Kleinbürger", trapped between the fringes of the lower and middle-classes.
Art Direction:
Elisabeth Klobassa
Director:
Peter Patzak
Director of Photography:
Dietrich Lohmann
Editor:
Traude Gruber
Executive Producer:
Michael Wolkenstein
Music:
Peter Zwetkoff
Georg Danzer
Original Story:
Helmut Zenker
Producer:
Milan Dor
Writer:
Peter Patzak
Helmut Zenker
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