Margit Carstensen	Ariane Christ
Anna Karina	Irene Cartis
Ulli Lommel	Kolbe
Brigitte Mira	Kast
Volker Spengler	Gabriel Kast
Alexander Allerson	Gerhard Christ
Andrea Schober	Angela Christ
Macha Méril	Traunitz
Roland Henschke	Beggar (uncredited)
Armin Meier	Man at service station (uncredited)

Regisseur	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Produzent	Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Autor	Rainer Werner Fassbinder

An elegantly baroque exercise from the middle of his brief and brilliant career, Chinese Roulette finds Rainer Werner Fassbinder exploring the sinister side of a weekend in the country. At an isolated mansion, a husband and wife bump into each other--with their lovers in tow. Their lame daughter shows up with her mute nanny, adding to the tension, and the festivities culminate in a spiteful truth-telling game. Fassbinder choreographs the claustrophobic action as though it were Last Year at Marienbad filmed as soap opera parody, with glittering contributions from cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and RWF's longtime composer, Peer Raben. It's fun to watch, although the decadent sense of a snake chasing its tail ultimately makes this one feel like minor-league Fassbinder. Along with stock-company regulars Margit Carstensen and Brigitte Mira, the cast includes a pair of former Godard heroines (still looking stunning), Anna Karina and Macha Meril. --Robert Horton

Details der Edition Audience Rating NR (Not Rated) Land West Germany Sprache English Edition REGION 1 Barcode 720917537320 Region Region 1 Erscheinungsdatum 10.06.2003 Verpackung Keep Case Bildformat Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed) Untertitel English Tonspuren Dolby Digital 2.0 [English] Layer Einseitig, single layer Anzahl Disks/Bänder 1 Bonusmaterial Kapitelstruktur

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