In a futuristic, totalitarian society wherein the government controls all facets of the media, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings and uncovers more than he bargained for.
Cast
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Police Lieutenant Jansen
Günther Kaufmann
Anton
Boy Gobert
CEO
Arnold Marquis
Police President
Richy Müller
Nephew
Brigitte Mira
Personnel Director
Nicole Heesters
Barbara
Franco Nero
Weiss
Jörg Holm
Vice President
Hans Wyprächtiger
Zerling
Petra Jokisch
Elena Farr
Andreas Mannkopff
Wechselschichtregisseur
Ute Koska
Doctor
Frank Ripploh
Gangster
Hans-Eckart Eckhardt
Cop
Christoph Baumann
Detective
Juliane Lorenz
Nurse
Christel Harthaus
Cop
Richard Nixon
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Neil Armstrong
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Michael Chevalier
Weiss (voice)
Traudel Haas
Elena Farr (voice)
Crew
Wolf Gremm
Director, Screenplay
Robert Katz
Screenplay
Per Wahlöö
Novel
Thorsten Näter
Editor
Stefan Beckers
Assistant Editor
Galip Iyitanir
Assistant Editor
Xaver Schwarzenberger
Director of Photography
Karin Viesel
Assistant Director
Christine Kabisch
Assistant Director
Michael Böhme
Executive Producer
Regina Ziegler
Producer
Michael Lentz
Co-Producer
Marianna Bishop
Production Assistant
Roland Mabille
Production Design
Horst D. Furcht
Production Design
Josef Vavra
Assistant Camera
Ursula Sonntag
Costume Design
Barbara Naujock
Costume Design
Gabriele Trutz
Makeup Artist
Joachim Hess
Art Department Assistant
Rudolf Pastor
Art Department Assistant
Bernhard Langer
Art Department Assistant
Hans-Dieter Schwarz
Sound Mixer
Jochen Hergersberg
Sound Assistant
Gunther Kortwich
Sound
Wolfgang Kluge
Lighting Technician
Siegmar Brüggenthies
Lighting Technician
Bernd Meckelein
Lighting Technician
Lothar Tropp
Special Effects
Günther Schaidt
Special Effects
Edgar Froese
Original Music Composer
Monika Zellmer
Production Accountant
Christian Zertz
Production Accountant
Thomas Schappert
Props
Olaf Schiefner
Props
Leo Weisse
Still Photographer
Sybille Ludwig
Script Supervisor
Denis Manntz
Production Driver
Evelyn Gutkind-Bienert
Stunts
Harald P. Wieczorek
Stunts
Franz Michael Stöger
Grip
Hartmut Köhler
Gaffer
Rüdiger Lange
Production Manager
Wolfgang Bajorat
Unit Production Manager
Heidrun Schmandt
Catering
Rainer-Götz Otto
Publicist
Monika Küchler
Production Secretary
