''Supermarket'' (german: Supermarkt) is a 1974 West German
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combi ...
directed by
Roland Klick
Roland Klick (born 1934) is a German film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Klick was born in Hof, Bavaria and grew up in Nennslingen after the war. Klick studied theater and German in Munich, worked as a cameraman on a film by Rolf Schünz ...
and starring Charly Wierczejewski,
Eva Mattes
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Eva Mattes (; born 14 December 1954) is an Austrian-German actress. She has appeared in four films directed by director Rainer Werner Fassbinder (''The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant'', ', ''Effi Briest'' and '' In a Year of 13 Moon ...
and
Michael Degen
Michael Degen (31 January 1928 – 9 April 2022) was a German-Israeli actor, in film and theatre, as well as a theatre director and writer.
Early life
Born in Chemnitz as the younger son of Jewish parents, Degen survived the Holocaust in Berli ...
.
[von Berg p.170] It was shot
on location around
Hamburg
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.
Synopsis
A young drifter spurns help from a well-meaning journalist, but as his he falls further into criminality, becomes involved in a plan for an armed robbery.
Cast
* Charly Wierczejewski as Willi
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Eva Mattes
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Eva Mattes (; born 14 December 1954) is an Austrian-German actress. She has appeared in four films directed by director Rainer Werner Fassbinder (''The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant'', ', ''Effi Briest'' and '' In a Year of 13 Moon ...
as Monika
*
Michael Degen
Michael Degen (31 January 1928 – 9 April 2022) was a German-Israeli actor, in film and theatre, as well as a theatre director and writer.
Early life
Born in Chemnitz as the younger son of Jewish parents, Degen survived the Holocaust in Berli ...
as Frank
*
Walter Kohut
Walter Kohut (20 November 1927 – 18 May 1980) was an Austrian film, television and theatre actor.
He appeared in many Austrian and German films over a 30-year period and became known for playing shady characters. He became known internationall ...
as Theo
*
Hans-Michael Rehberg
Hans-Michael Rehberg (2 April 1938 – 7 November 2017) was a German actor.
Biography
Rehberg, born in Fürstenwalde, Brandenburg, was one of six children. He grew up in Bavaria after the family moved to Lake Starnberg.
After training as an a ...
as Homosexueller
*
Eva Schukardt as Anna
*
Rudolf Brand as Geisel
*
Witta Pohl
Witta Pohl ( Breipohl; 1 November 1937 – 4 April 2011) was a German actress.
Life
Born in the East Prussian city of Königsberg, she was one of six children to Wilhelm Breipohl, a gynaecologist, and his wife Marie-Luise, née Klönne.
D ...
as Frau der Geisel
*
Ferdinand Henning as Peter
*
Tilo Weber as Kommissar
* as Chefredakteur
*
Hans Irle as Polizist
*
Peter Bertram
*
Paul Burian
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* Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
as Sozialarbeiter
*
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*
Heinz Domez as Zuhälter
*
Rolf Jülich
*
Alexander Klick as Kind der Geisel
References
Bibliography
* Ulrich von Berg. ''Das Kino des Roland Klick''. Filmwerkstatt, 1993.
External links
*
1974 films
1974 crime films
German crime films
West German films
1970s German-language films
Films directed by Roland Klick
Constantin Film films
Films set in Hamburg
1970s German films
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