A middle-class German, like millions of other middle-class Germans, leads a life of boredom and quiet desperation. Between the blandness of his job and the disappointments and frustration of his family life, Herr R. can find no peace. When the tensions of his excruciatingly ordinary existence build to intolerable levels, Herr R. calmly responds by committing several acts of brutal violence. Fassbinder's bleak yet comic touch made this early work a provocative hallmark of new German cinema.

Produced by Anti-Teater for Maran-Film (SDR)

The New Yorker video is in German with enhanced yellow subtitles.

Copyright 1969 Maran-Film (SDR). Copyright 1977 New Yorker Films.

DVD Features:

Region [unknown]
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - German
Subtitles - English - (unspecified)
Additional Release Material:
Interviews: Cast and crew

Hanna Schygulla: Polish Actress/In Germany
Kurt Raab: German Actor/Art Director
Lilith Ungerer: Actress

Rainer Werner Fassbinder: German Director/Actor
Michael Fengler: 

Rainer Werner Fassbinder: German Director/Actor
Michael Fengler: 

Christian Anders: Score Composer

Franz Walsch: Editor

"...One of the scariest as well as one of the funniest works of all..."