The 120 Days of Bottrop
The 120 Days of Bottrop

The 120 Days of Bottrop

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1997
1h 0m
5.3(18 votes)
Comedy

Overview

An eccentric homage to the Rainer Werner Fassbinder days of German filmmaking.

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29 members
Acting

Margit Carstensen

Self

Margit Carstensen
Acting

Irm Hermann

Self / Liselotte Pulver

Irm Hermann
Acting

Volker Spengler

The Producer

Volker Spengler
Acting

Udo Kier

Self

Udo Kier
Acting

Helmut Berger

Self

Helmut Berger
Acting

Mario Gazaner

Sönke Buckmann / Rainer Werner Fassbinder

No Image
Acting

Sophie Rois

Self

Sophie Rois
Acting

Ilse Garzaner

Christophs Mutter

No Image
Acting

Martin Wuttke

Christoph Schlingensief

Martin Wuttke
Acting

Kurt Garzaner

Christophs Vater

No Image
Acting

Bernhard Schütz

Self

Bernhard Schütz
Acting

Gerry Jochum

2. Aufnahmeleiter

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Acting

Dietrich Kuhlbrodt

Hauptkritiker

Dietrich Kuhlbrodt
Acting

Brigitte Kausch

1. Kritikerin

Brigitte Kausch
Acting

Kerstin Graßmann

2. Kritikerin

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Directing

Charlotte Siebenrock

3. Kritikerin

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Acting

Irmgard Freifau von Berswordt-Wallrabe

Leni Riefenstahl

No Image
Directing

Roland Emmerich

Self

Roland Emmerich
Acting

Leander Haußmann

Unknown Role

Leander Haußmann
Acting

Achim von Paczensky

Heiner Müller

No Image
Acting

Ralf Fütterer

Drehbuchautor

No Image
Acting

Gisela Gard

Selma

No Image
Directing

Oskar Roehler

Riefenstahls Assistent

Oskar Roehler
Acting

Alfred Edel

Self (archive footage)

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Acting

Renate Koehler

Self (archive footage)

No Image
Acting

Götz George

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Götz George
Camera

Michael Graeter

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Katja Riemann

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Katja Riemann
Acting

Kitten Natividad

Self

Kitten Natividad

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