The 120 Days of Bottrop

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The 120 Days of Bottrop

1997

1h 0m

5.6(17 votes)

Comedy

Overview

An eccentric homage to the Rainer Werner Fassbinder days of German filmmaking.

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Cast & Crew

29 members

Acting

Margit Carstensen

Self

Acting

Irm Hermann

Self / Liselotte Pulver

Acting

Volker Spengler

The Producer

Acting

Udo Kier

Self

Acting

Helmut Berger

Self

Acting

Mario Gazaner

Sönke Buckmann / Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Acting

Sophie Rois

Self

Acting

Ilse Garzaner

Christophs Mutter

No Image

Acting

Martin Wuttke

Christoph Schlingensief

Acting

Kurt Garzaner

Christophs Vater

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Acting

Bernhard Schütz

Self

Acting

Gerry Jochum

2. Aufnahmeleiter

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Acting

Dietrich Kuhlbrodt

Hauptkritiker

Acting

Brigitte Kausch

1. Kritikerin

Acting

Kerstin Graßmann

2. Kritikerin

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Directing

Charlotte Siebenrock

3. Kritikerin

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Acting

Irmgard Freifau von Berswordt-Wallrabe

Leni Riefenstahl

No Image

Directing

Roland Emmerich

Self

Acting

Leander Haußmann

Unknown Role

Acting

Achim von Paczensky

Heiner Müller

No Image

Acting

Ralf Fütterer

Drehbuchautor

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Acting

Gisela Gard

Selma

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Directing

Oskar Roehler

Riefenstahls Assistent

Acting

Alfred Edel

Self (archive footage)

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Acting

Renate Koehler

Self (archive footage)

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Acting

Götz George

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Camera

Michael Graeter

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Acting

Katja Riemann

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Kitten Natividad

Self

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