Rent The Merchant of Four Seasons / Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
3.3 of 5 from 8 ratings
3h 10min
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- Synopsis:
Made in quick succession in 1970 and 1971, 'Beware of a Holy Whore' and 'The Merchant of Four Seasons' represent a key stage in the career of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the point at which he matured as a filmmaker and first began to attract an international audience. A fictional recounting of the making of Whity, Fassbinder's take on the American West, 'Beware of a Holy Whore' is a backstage melodrama set in a Spanish seaside hotel. Starring Lou Castel (Requiescant) as the director and Eddie Constantine (Alphaville) as himself, the film is an intriguing and often acidic look through the mirror at Fassbinder and his 'family' of cast and crew. 'The Merchant of Four Seasons' concerns itself with Flans, a fruit seller, former Foreign Legionnaire and family man. Inspired by the discovery of Douglas Sirk's work - and set, like those classic melodramas, in the 1950s - Fassbinder charts Flans' downfall with a perfect blend of poignancy and high drama. The Sirkian formula worked so well it would inspire a new phase in the director's output and produce such classics as 'The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and Fear Eats the Soul'. - Actors:
- Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Marquard Bohm, Hanna Schygulla, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Hannes Fuchs, Marcella Michelangeli, Karl Scheydt, Ulli Lommel, Kurt Raab, Hans Hirschmüller, Irm Hermann, Andrea Schober, Gusti Kreissl, Klaus Löwitsch, Ingrid Caven, Heide Simon, Peter Chatel, Elga Sorbas
- Directors:
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Producers:
- Peter Berling
- Voiced By:
- Peter Gauhe, Irm Hermann, Volker Lechtenbrink, Manfred Seipold, Harry Baer
- Writers:
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Aka:
- Händler der vier Jahreszeiten / Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Countries:
- Germany
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/03/2016
- Run Time:
- 191 minutes
- Languages:
- German LPCM 1.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary on 'The Merchant of Four Seasons' by critics Alexandra Fleller-Nicholas and Christian McCrea
- Audio Commentary on 'Beware of a Holy Whore' by Adrian Martin
- Newly-filmed Interview with actor Lou Castel on 'Beware of a Holy Whore'
- 'Beware of a Holy Whore' Theatrical Trailer
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