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Bookmark this pagePalermo or Wolfsburg (1980)
Director: Werner Schroeter
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From Time Out Film Guide
The story of a Sicilian boy from Palermo who arrives as a guest-worker at the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg. He meets a pretty German girl, settles a debt of honour by murder, and as a final surprise becomes a Christ-like martyr at his trial. Operatic and naturalistic in turn, Schroeter's tale of helplessness and outrage seems too convinced of its own importance to really work; and after nearly three hours, that matters. DMacp.Author: DMacp
Cast & crew
Director: Werner Schroeter
Producer: Thomas Mauch, Eric Franck
Cast: Nicola Zarbo, Calogero Arancio, Padre Pace, Cavaliere Comparato, Brigitte Tilg, Gisela Hahn full cast
Duration: 175 mins
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