Satansbraten

1976 [GERMAN]

Comedy / Drama / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 75% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 2333 2.3K

dark comedy plagiarism poet debauchery eccentric artist german poetry

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Plot summary

A famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of Stefan George, while dealing with several mistresses, his dimwitted brother, and a murder investigation.

Director

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Photo
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Top cast

Volker Spengler Photo
Volker Spengler as Ernst Kranz
Ulli Lommel Photo
Ulli Lommel as Lauf
Peter Chatel Photo
Peter Chatel as Eugen
Adrian Hoven Photo
Adrian Hoven as Arzt im Krankenhaus
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1022.96 MB
986*720
German 2.0
R
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 1
1.85 GB
1480*1080
German 2.0
R
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 2 / 10

Fassbinder attempts a screwball comedy and, well...let's just

Fassbinder attempts a screwball comedy and, well...let's just pretend it never happened.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

This movie and Haneke's "The Piano Teacher" both

This movie and Haneke's "The Piano Teacher" both mock the notion of the madness of genius, but while Haneke portrays it as a kind of horror movie filled with dread Fassbinder approaches it as a breathlessly crazy screwball comedy.
Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

This might bother some of Fassbinder's more 'serious

This might bother some of Fassbinder's more 'serious' fans, but this is probably my favorite of all his films (that I've seen, anyway). Kurt Raab, usually Fassbinder's production designer, takes the lead role, giving a very Peter Lorre-ish performance as down-and-out leftist poet Walter Krantz. Unable get an advance from his publisher due to a lack of productivity, and under pressure from his unpleasant wife (Helen Vita), he struggles to make money, interviewing a prostitute for an upcoming book project which never materializes, blackmailing and murdering a variety of women, and even taking in a sycophantic female admirer (Margit Carstensen, almost unrecognizable) to get enough money to stay afloat. His murder of a masochistic mistress is under investigation by a slightly unhinged cop (Ulli Lommel, later to become a director himself), but Walter is more concerned with making money, and then later, his new obsession with the idea that he is in fact the reincarnation of homosexual German poet Stefan George. Bookended by a quote from Antonin Artaud, the film wears its Theatre of Cruelty influences on its tattered sleeve, with frenetic performances, outrageous dialogue, and bizarre, often offensive situations. I don't want to spoil too much, but if you like weird stuff, this is most definitely for you.
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