In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
MovieTitle | In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod |
User score | 5.1 |
Release date | Dec 18, 1974 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Alexander Kluge , Edgar Reitz |
Production country | Germany |
Production companies | Kairos-Film |
Run time | 86 min. |
Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the serious formal and political concerns of the film, Kluge's heightened sense of the absurd safeguards a reserve of utopian optimism.