In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod

IN DANGER AND GREATEST NEED, THE MIDDLE WAY BRINGS DEATH
BRD 1974 | 86 min. | D: Alexander Kluge & Edgar Reitz | Editing: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus

Series "Documentary Fiction"

14 days in February 1973 in Frankfurt/Main. It is the time of the carnival and at the same time the time when a violent eviction of squats takes place. Two women wander through the city. One, a coitus thief: "Because something always remains unfulfilled with the men, I take their wallets". The other, Rita Müller-Eisert, a GDR customer: "I'm not interested in state secrets, but in social reality". A precise, satirical observation, especially in the staging of the "way public events are spoken", as Kluge calls it. In 1975, the film won two German Film Awards for editing and musical dramaturgy.