''Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?'' (german: Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?) is a 1970 West German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Michael Fengler and

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. Fassbinder's main ...

. It was entered into the

20th Berlin International Film Festival The 20th annual Berlin International Film Festival was supposed to be held from 26 June to 7 July 1970. The festival opened with ''Klann – grand guignol'' by Patrick Ledoux. However, on 5 July the competition was cancelled and no major prizes ...

Plot

Herr Rabb has worked for 18 months at a small architectural firm and displays loyalty and respect for his colleagues. He and his wife harmoniously attend a parent-teacher conference, watch television and plan for the future. They visit his parents, where his mother seems slightly overbearing. He was rebuked at work and his son could be doing better at school, but these do not seem to be serious issues. His wife tells friends that he is anticipating promotion to another office. Rabb is at work, getting his health check-up with few issues apart from slightly raised blood pressure and persistent headaches, and later making an embarrassingly tipsy speech at a dinner-party for his colleagues and boss, after which his wife calls him fat and stupid. Herr R. watches television with his wife and a talkative neighbor. After listening to the neighbor talking about her skiing trip, Herr R. gets up and silently bludgeons to death the neighbor, his wife and son, Amadeus, with a large candlestick. The next day, he reports to work on time. When the police arrive, they find he has hanged himself in the bathroom.

Cast

* Lilith Ungerer - Frau R. *

Kurt Raab Kurt Raab (20 July 1941 – 28 June 1988) was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with whom he collaborated on 31 ...

- Herr R. * Lilo Pempeit - Kollegin im Büro * Franz Maron - Chef *

Harry Baer Harry Baer (born Harry Zöttl on 27 September 1947) is a German actor, producer and author, best known for his work with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He has also been credited as Harry Bär. Life Harry Baer began his career in Munich when ...

- Kollege im Büro * Peter Moland - Kollege im Büro *

Hanna Schygulla Hanna Schygulla (; born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer associated with the theater and film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She first worked for Fassbinder in 1965 and became an active participant in the New German ...

- Schulfreundin von Frau R. *

Ingrid Caven Ingrid may refer to: * Ingrid (given name) * Ingrid (record label), and artist collective * Ingrid Burley, rapper known mononymously as Ingrid * Tropical Storm Ingrid, various cyclones * 1026 Ingrid, an asteroid * InGrid, the grid computing pr ...

- Nachbarin *

Irm Hermann Irmgard Hermann (4 October 194226 May 2020) was a German actress. She worked in film, television, and the stage, appearing in over 160 film and television productions. She was discovered, without formal training, by Rainer Werner Fassbinder who c ...

- Nachbarin * Doris Mattes - Nachbarin * Hannes Gromball - Nachbar * Vinzenz Sterr - Opa Raab (as Herr Sterr) * Maria Sterr - Oma Raab (as Frau Sterr) *

Peer Raben Peer Raben (born Wilhelm Rabenbauer, 3 July 1940 – 21 January 2007) was a German composer who worked with German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Life Raben was born in Viechtafell, Bavaria, and attended Musische Gymnasium Straubing. He died ...

- Schulfreund von Herrn R. * Eva Pampuch - Schallplattenverkäuferin * - Schallplattenverkäuferin (as Carla Aulaulu)

References

External links

* 1970 films 1970 drama films German drama films West German films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Films directed by Michael Fengler Films produced by Michael Fengler Films set in Munich 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub