Hans Hirschmüller [de] Irm Hermann Hanna Schygulla Klaus Löwitsch
Cinematography
Dietrich Lohmann
Edited by
Thea Eymèsz
Music by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Peer Raben (arranger)[1]
Production company
Tango Film
Release dates
10 March 1972 (1972-03-10) (Germany)
10 February 1972 (1972-02-10) (France)
Running time
88 minutes
Country
West Germany
Language
German
Budget
DEM 178,000 (estimated)
The Merchant of Four Seasons (German: Händler der vier Jahreszeiten) is a 1972 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hans Hirschmüller [de] and Irm Hermann. The plot follows the life of a fruit-peddler, living in 1950s Munich, who is driven over the edge by an uncaring society.[2][3]
The title derives from the French expression for a fruit and vegetable seller, un marchand des quatre-saisons.[4] The film explores issues of class prejudices, domestic violence, infidelity, family discord, depression and self-destructive behavior.[5]
^Flinn, Caryl (February 9, 2004). The New German Cinema: Music, History, and the Matter of Style. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520238237 – via Google Books.
^"Fassbinder's The Merchant Of Four Seasons is a fascinatingly uncool early work". Film.
^Mercer, John; Shingler, Martin (September 6, 2013). Melodrama: Genre, Style and Sensibility. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231503068 – via Google Books.
^Magill, Frank Northen (June 30, 1985). Magill's Survey of Cinema, Foreign Language Films. Salem Press. ISBN 9780893562489 – via Google Books.
^Watson, Wallace Steadman (June 30, 1996). Understanding Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Film as Private and Public Art. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570030796 – via Google Books.
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