Hans is a street fruit peddler and born loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However, the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes.
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Hans Hirschmüller as Hans Epp
Irm Hermann as Irmgard Epp
Hanna Schygulla as Anna Epp, Hans's sister
Andrea Schober as Renate Epp, Hans's daughter
Karl Scheydt as Anzell
Klaus Löwitsch as Harry
Gusti Kreissl as Mother Epp
Ingrid Caven as Hans's great love
Peter Chatel as Dr. Harlach
Elga Sorbas as Marile
Kurt Raab as Kurt, Hans's brother-in-law
Hark Bohm as Polizei-Vorgesetzter
Walter Sedlmayr as Karren-Verkäufer
Lilo Pempeit as Kundin
El Hedi ben Salem as Araber
Jürgen Prochnow as Man at the Meeting Table
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Screenplay
Dietrich Lohmann Director of Photography
Thea Eymèsz Editor
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director
Kurt Raab Costume Design
Ingrid Caven Production Manager
Karl Scheydt Unit Production Manager
Harry Baer Assistant Director
Kurt Raab Production Design
Uta Wilhelm Costume Design
Christian Hohoff Unit Production Manager
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Original Music Composer
Ekkehard Heinrich Lighting Technician
Peter Gauhe Assistant Camera
Herbert Paetzold Assistant Camera
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Producer
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Germany 10 March 1972
Italy 26 August 1972
United States 16 November 1973
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