Kassbach - Ein Portrait

Kassbach - Ein Portrait

Kassbach is no monster, he is terribly normal.

1979 · 110 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama

Viennese vegetable merchant Karl Kassbach becomes a member of a right-wing extremist organization, which plans numerous attacks on democratic institutions and journalists. The film attempts to portray a realistic and detail-oriented study of the mind of the "Kleinbürger", trapped between the fringes of the lower and middle-classes.

Directed by Peter Patzak · Written by Peter Patzak

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