Applying his keen wit and ironic sense of man's hopelessness to the 1929 film MOTHER KRAUSENS' JOURNEY TO HAPPINESS, Fassbinder created another emotionally distancing, disturbing, yet always funny and fascinating picture. Mira (best known for her role in FEAR EATS THE SOUL) is the
middle-aged wife of a browbeaten factory worker who blows his lid one day, killing the owner's son and then himself. The quiet and reserved Mira suddenly finds herself the center of everyone's attentions; reporters hound her for details and her face appears on every TV news program. She makes a
deal with one reporter (John) to give him an exclusive interview as long as he doesn't make her...
Released:
1975
Rated:
NR
Length:
108 mins