Synopsis

Satan’s Brew (1976)

This fast-paced black comedy by wunderkind director Rainer Werner Fassbinder follows the frantic efforts of a starving and confused writer, Walter Kranz to beg, borrow or steal enough money to survive on, and at the same time make some sense of his confusing life. Unable to write enough to keep his publisher’s royalty advances coming, he seeks out a woman he imagines is a prostitute and interviews her for material. He is also inspired to utter some poetry, which his brassy, outspoken wife identifies as coming from the famous homosexuality-advocating mystical German poet, Stefan George. This inspires Walter to take a closer look at the gay scene, and he quickly becomes a sort of celebrity there.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen, Helen Vita, Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Y Sa Lo, Ulli Lommel, Brigitte Mira, Marquard Bohm, Christiane Maybach, Nino Korda, Adrian Hoven, Armin Meier, Katherina Buchhammer, Vitus Zeplichal, Hannes Kaetner, Peter Chatel, Heli Finkenzeller, Dieter Schidor, Alexander Allerson, Katren Gebelein, Hannes Gromball, Sonja Neudorfer, Helmut Petigk, Monica Teuber, Edgar Wenzel, Lilo Pempeit, Michael Ballhaus
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