Fox and His Friends

Fox and His Friends

125 mins | Drama, Romance | June 6, 1975

Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class roots, and the shiny new facade of middle class consciousness.

Fox and His Friends

125 mins | Drama, Romance | June 6, 1975

Fox and His Friends
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class roots, and the shiny new facade of middle class consciousness.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Tango Film, City Film
Original title Faustrecht der Freiheit
Directors Irm Hermann, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers Christian Hohoff, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

Peter Chatel

as Eugen Thiess

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

as Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf

Adrian Hoven

as Wolf Thiess, Eugen's Father

Christiane Maybach

as Hedwig

Harry Baer

as Philip

Hans Zander

as Barman Springer

Kurt Raab

as Wodka-Peter

Rudolf Lenz

as Attorney Dr. Siebenkäss

Karl Scheydt

as Klaus

Peter Kern

as Florist "Fatty" Schmidt

Walter Sedlmayr

as Car Dealer

Bruce Low

as Doctor

Marquard Bohm

as American Soldier

Brigitte Mira

as Shopkeeper #2

Evelyn Künneke

as Secretary at Travel Agency

Barbara Valentin

as Albine

Elma Karlowa

as Shopkeeper #1

Ingrid Caven

as Singer in Bar

Lilo Pempeit

as Neighbor

Ulla Jacobsson

as Eugen's Mother

Hark Bohm

as Policeman Müller (uncredited)

Katherina Buchhammer

as Madame Antoinette (uncredited)

El Hedi ben Salem

as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)

Irm Hermann

as Madame Cherie / Bar Singer (voice) (uncredited)

Dietrich Kerky

as Inspector Braun (uncredited)

Ursula Strätz

as Isabel (uncredited)