Drama

Fox and His Friends

- Survival of the fittest.

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, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class roots, and the shiny new facade of middle class consciousness.

Release Date : 1975-06-06

Language :EnglishFrenchGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Tango FilmCity Film

Production Country : Germany

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf

Original Name : Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eugen Thiess

Original Name : Peter Chatel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Max

Original Name : Karlheinz Böhm

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wolf Thiess, Eugen's Father

Original Name : Adrian Hoven

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hedwig

Original Name : Christiane Maybach

Gender : Female

Character Name : Philip

Original Name : Harry Baer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barman Springer

Original Name : Hans Zander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wodka-Peter

Original Name : Kurt Raab

Gender : Male

Character Name : Attorney Dr. Siebenkäss

Original Name : Rudolf Lenz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Klaus

Original Name : Karl Scheydt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Florist "Fatty" Schmidt

Original Name : Peter Kern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Krapp

Original Name : Karl-Heinz Staudenmeyer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Car Dealer

Original Name : Walter Sedlmayr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Bruce Low

Gender : Male

Character Name : American Soldier

Original Name : Marquard Bohm

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shopkeeper #2

Original Name : Brigitte Mira

Gender : Female

Character Name : Secretary at Travel Agency

Original Name : Evelyn Künneke

Gender : Female

Character Name : Albine

Original Name : Barbara Valentin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shopkeeper #1

Original Name : Elma Karlowa

Gender : Female

Character Name : Singer in Bar

Original Name : Ingrid Caven

Gender : Female

Character Name : Neighbor

Original Name : Lilo Pempeit

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eugen's Mother

Original Name : Ulla Jacobsson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Policeman Müller (uncredited)

Original Name : Hark Bohm

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madame Antoinette (uncredited)

Original Name : Katherina Buchhammer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)

Original Name : El Hedi ben Salem

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madame Cherie / Bar Singer (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Irm Hermann

Gender : Female

Character Name : Inspector Braun (uncredited)

Original Name : Dietrich Kerky

Gender : Male

Character Name : Isabel (uncredited)

Original Name : Ursula Strätz

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-11-19

Hats off to Rainer Werner Fassbinder who does just about everything in this rather sad depiction of a young gay bloke who wins the lottery. His lifestyle changes overnight, as does his popularity with the venal, exploitative "Eugen" (Peter Chatel) who becomes his boyfriend only to bleed the rather naive young fella dry. Sadly, much of the potency has long since departed this very dated drama. The imagery - plenty of full frontal male nudity and a causal, seedy, approach to sex in general was probably shocking in 1975 - but 55 years later, it is nothing remarkable; indeed at times it seems curiously prurient as there is virtually no actual sex. It has lost none of it's poignancy though - as a rather savage indictment of the human creature when large sums of money become involved, and of how the vulnerable just end up getting used - albeit sometimes willingly - as they enjoy their new status as "somebody's" before ending up totally abandoned by their parasite friends when the money runs out and the spotlight is shining elsewhere. I never found Fassbinder to be a physically attractive man, but like Klaus Maria Brandauer (to whom he bears a passing resemblance) he has a charisma that gets under the skin - and in this rather sordid tale of excess he excels. The supporting cast are competent, but this really is a one man show which, though I cannot honestly say I enjoyed, is well worth watching.