In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
Combining fictional and documentary modes, Kluge’s In Danger and Dire Distress… 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.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz
Actors: Alfred Edel, Christoph Gierke, Dagmar Bödderich, Hans Drawe, Jutta Thomasius, Jutta Winkelmann, Kurt Jürgens, Norbert Kentrup, Utz Rausch, Willi Münch