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Commissioned to make a working-class family drama for public television, up-and-coming director Rainer Werner Fassbinder took the assignment and ran, dodging expectations by depicting social realities in West Germany from a critical—yet far from cynical—perspective. Over the course of five episodes, the sprawling story tracks the everyday triumphs and travails of the young toolmaker Jochen and many of the people populating his world, including the woman he loves, his eccentric family, and his fellow workers, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.
Jochen Epp
Harald
Irmgard Erlkönig
Franz' Frau
Gregor
Marion Andreas
Grandma
Wolf
Franz Miltenberger
Rolf Schwein
Rüdiger
Mother of Marion
Vermieterin
Dr.Bertram
Vermieter Mattes
Oma
Erste Hausfrau
Peter
Freundin
Witwer
Standesbamter
Hausfrau
Monika Epp
