In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
1974, German. Directed by Alexander Kluge & Edgar Reitz.
Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the serious formal and political concerns of the film, Kluge's heightened sense of the absurd safeguards a reserve of utopian optimism.
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 18 December 1974
- Original title
- In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz
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In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death (1974) was directed by Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz and stars Dagmar Bödderich, Jutta Winkelmann, Kurt Jürgens.