Class Relations

★★★★★

Original title: Klassenverhältnisse · Turkish title: Sınıf İlişkileri

1984 · 2 h 6 min

Directed by Jean-Marie Straub · France · New German Cinema

Drama

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Cast

Christian Heinisch Laura Betti Mario Adorf

Plot

After Kafka.

Sinekatalog’s take

Straub and Huillet adapt Kafka's Amerika, following a young immigrant through deadpan, stylised scenes of power and humiliation. Precise, strange and rigorously acted, it is a demanding but oddly funny and haunting film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (863 votes)
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