Fox and His Friends(Faustrecht der Freiheit)
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West Germany · 1975
2h 3m
Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Böhm, Adrian Hoven
Genre Drama, Romance
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Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, the process it isn't without turmoil. Fox finds himself being torn between his old working class roots, and the shiny new facade of middle class consciousness.
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