Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Herr R. (Kurt Raab - Satan's Brew ), a middle-class German, leads a life of boredom and quiet desperation. Between the blandness of his job and the disappointments and frustration of his family life, Herr R. can find no peace. When the tensions of his excruciatingly ordinary existence build to intolerable levels. Herr R. calmly responds in brutal fashion. Employing long uninterrupted takes and improvisational scenes, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's bleak yet comic masterpiece pre-figures the Dogme movement by more than 25 years.