Like a Bird on a Wire (1975)
A pseudo variety show about the Aufbau-Era, the time of the German 'economic miracle'. Brigitte Mira recounts her four husbands through song and joke, on a series of artificial sets.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Brigitte Mira as Herself |
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Evelyn Künneke as Herself |
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El Hedi ben Salem as Bodybuilder |
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Ingfried Hoffmann as Barpianist |
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Kurt Raab as Audience Member |
| Directing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Director |
| Directing | Christian Hohoff | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ingfried Hoffmann | Music Arranger |
| Writing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Writer |
| Writing | Anja Hauptmann | Writer |
| Writing | Christian Hohoff | Writer |
| Art | Kurt Raab | Production Design |
| Editing | Helga Egelhofer | Editor |
| Camera | Erhard Spandel | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Franz-Josef Zimmermann | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Leonard Cohen | Songs |