Satan's Brew

– This fast-paced black comedy by wunderkind director Rainer Werner Fassbinder follows the frantic eff..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 52 Minutes
Release Year:
1976
Original Name:
Satansbraten
Satan's Brew (1976) - Also known as Satansbraten

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.

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Release Date:

02 Mar 1977

Language:

German

Director:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Main Actors:

Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen, Helen Vita, Volker Spengler

Plot:

Walter, a German anarchist poet, is short of money after his publisher refuses to give him an advance. He tries various ways of raising money, including shooting one of his mistresses and relying on the life savings of a woman from the country who is fanatically devoted to him. He also has to contend with his long-suffering wife, his fly-obsessed crazy brother, his other mistress and a police murder investigation.

Production:

Criterion Collection

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%