Kassbach - Ein Portrait
“Kassbach is no monster, he is terribly normal.”
1979•1h 50m•6.4•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Peter Patzak
Writer
Peter Patzak, Helmut Zenker
Languages
German
Studio
Satel Film
Cast
Walter Kohut
Karl Kassbach
Immy Schell
Wife
Maria Engelstorfer
Mother
Franz Buchrieser
Friend
Hanno Pöschl
Friend
Erni Mangold
Liesi's mother
Konrad Becker
Son
Monika Schöpfer
Liesi
Hans Kraemmer
friend
Franz Novotny
suitor
Production
Company
Satel Film
Producer
Milan Dor
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