The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
1h 28m
Running Time
March 10, 1972Release Date
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
1h 28m
Running Time
March 10, 1972Release Date

Plot.
Hans is a street fruit peddler and born-loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes.
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Cast & Crew.

Hans Hirschmüller
Hans Epp

Irm Hermann
Irmgard Epp

Hanna Schygulla
Anna Epp, Hans's sister

Andrea Schober
Renate Epp, Hans's daughter

Karl Scheydt
Anzell / Unit Production Manager

Klaus Löwitsch
Harry

Gusti Kreissl
Mother Epp

Ingrid Caven
Hans's great love / Production Manager

Peter Chatel
Dr. Harlach

Elga Sorbas
Marile

Kurt Raab
Kurt, Hans's brother-in-law / Costume Design / Production Design

Hark Bohm
Polizei-Vorgesetzter

Walter Sedlmayr
Karren-Verkäufer

Lilo Pempeit
Kundin

El Hedi ben Salem
Araber

Jürgen Prochnow
Man at the Meeting Table

Heide Simon
Heide, Hans's married sister

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Zucker / Screenplay / Director / Original Music Composer / Producer

Daniel Schmid
1st Candidate

Dietrich Lohmann
Director of Photography

Thea Eymèsz
Editor

Harry Baer
Assistant Director

Uta Wilhelm
Costume Design

Christian Hohoff
Unit Production Manager
Media.

Details.
Release DateMarch 10, 1972
Original NameHändler der vier Jahreszeiten
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
foreign legionaire
ex-cop
resignation
munich
health issues
husband and wife
Wiki.
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 and Irm Hermann. The plot follows the life of a fruit-peddler, living in 1950s Munich. "Hans - wife-beater, caricature of stunted manhood, treated like shit by his middle-class family—tries to make a little happiness of his own, and fails miserably."
The title derives from the French expression for a fruit and vegetable seller, un marchand des quatre-saisons. The film explores issues of class prejudices, domestic violence, infidelity, family discord, depression and self-destructive behavior.
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