The 120 Days of Bottrop

Oct 25, 1997

1h 0m

★ 5.1

Overview

An eccentric homage to the Rainer Werner Fassbinder days of German filmmaking.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

DEM Film

Neue Volkskunst

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Cast

Self

Margit Carstensen

Self / Liselotte Pulver

Irm Hermann

The Producer

Volker Spengler

Self

Udo Kier

Self

Helmut Berger

Sönke Buckmann / Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Mario Gazaner

Self

Sophie Rois

Christophs Mutter

Ilse Garzaner

Christoph Schlingensief

Martin Wuttke

Christophs Vater

Kurt Garzaner

Self

Bernhard Schütz

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