movie poster for WHY DOES HERR R. RUN AMOK?

Flicks ID

14655

Cert

12

Running time

84 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

WHY DOES HERR R. RUN AMOK? (1970)

RAINER WERNER FASSBINDERMICHAEL FENGLER

Plot

Fassbinders darkly comic satire of middleclass conformity and alienation sees Kurt Raab playing Herr R, a technical draftsman who gets on well with his job, his colleagues, his neighbours, his wife and his son yet finds his life a monotonous void filled with repetitive daily routines and meaningless small talk till one shocking evening he finds he can't take anymore.