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In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death (1974)

In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death (1974)

Drama
Release Date: 1974, December 18
Directors: Edgar Reitz, Alexander Kluge
Countries: Germany
Production: Kairos-Film
Cast: Jutta Winkelmann, Alfred Edel, Dagmar Bödderich, Norbert Kentrup

Overview:

Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the serious formal and political concerns of the film, Kluge's heightened sense of the absurd safeguards a reserve of utopian optimism.