Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?

BR Deutschland 1969 Spielfilm

Summary

The everyday life of an average family: Mr. Raab (Kurt Raab) is a technical draftsman, his wife (Lilith Ungerer) is looking after the only child at home, a boy (Amadeus Fengler). The couple spends the evening watching television, the weekend with walks or chatting with Kurt's parents (Mr. and Mrs. Sterr). But life has its little flaws: Mr. R.'s hoped-for improvement in his job is not forthcoming, his son has difficulties at school, the doctor finds (albeit insignificant) health problems, and in general, Mr. Raab, who suffers from headaches, often seems a bit absent-minded. Only when a school friend (Peer Raben) comes to visit, he comes to life: Together they sing hymns with which they were maltreated as children. In the end, Raab kills his wife, a neighbor (Irm Hermann), who is visiting, and his son with a heavy candlestick. The next morning he hangs himself in the toilet of the company.

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Credits

All Credits

Duration:
2403 m, 88 min
Format:
16mm - Blow-Up 35mm
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 21.07.1970, 42514, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 28.06.1970, Berlin, IFF

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?
  • Weiterer Titel (ENG) Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

Versions

Digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
88 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.10.2023, 42514, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Original

Duration:
2403 m, 88 min
Format:
16mm - Blow-Up 35mm
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 21.07.1970, 42514, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 28.06.1970, Berlin, IFF

Awards

Deutscher Filmpreis 1971
  • Filmband in Gold, Beste Regie, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Filmband in Gold, Beste Regie, Michael Fengler