Gods of the Plague
Original title: Götter der Pest
1970 · 1 h 31 min
Cast
Hanna Schygulla 
Margarethe von Trotta 
Harry Baer 
Günther Kaufmann Carla Egerer 
Ingrid Caven
Credits
Written by: 
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Plot
After his release from prison, ex-con Franz is pulled back into a crime partnership, a betrayal and a doomed love.
Sinekatalog’s take
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's early gangster film, with Harry Baer and Hanna Schygulla, is cool and stylized, in the Godard manner.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (1,674 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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