Strongman Ferdinand (1976)
The clownish security chief of a West German business is obsessed with protecting his factory from fancied and real breaches, especially from groups such as The Red Army Faction. Ferdinand's paranoia and methods can't be contained by his company. The sympathetically-drawn Ferdinand's ludicrous actions recall those of the cynical, disastrous axis between fascism and big business in 1930's Europe: satire of the rise of private security.
Director: Alexander Kluge
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Heinz Schubert as Ferdinand Rieche |
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Vérénice Rudolph as Gertie Kahlmann |
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Joachim Hackethal as Kniebeling |
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Gert Günther Hoffmann as Wilutzki |
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Siegfried Wischnewski as Kobras |
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Erich Kleiber as Rosotschke |
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Hark Bohm as |
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Rolf Zacher as Reporter |
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Franz Kollasch as |
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Daphne Wagner as |
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Barbara Assmann as |
| Editing | Heidi Genée | Editor |
| Art | Winfried Hennig | Art Direction |
| Directing | Alexander Kluge | Director |
| Writing | Alexander Kluge | Writer |
| Camera | Thomas Mauch | Director of Photography |
