Jail Bait
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Jail Bait

Jail Bait

1973
Drama
TV Movie
1h 42m
It's a family-story with all the restrictions in a typical Bavarian Fassbinder-family. Eva Matthes is the daughter in her puberty who wants to explore sexuality. Harry Baer is the young Romeo. But as always with Fassbinder the people surrounding the two - parents - are enemies of the relationship. (IMDB Comments)

Directed by:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer-Werner-Fassbinder
113 total credits
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, actor, playwright, theatre director, composer, editor, and essayist.
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Writers:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer-Werner-Fassbinder
113 total credits
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, actor, playwright, theatre director, composer, editor, and essayist.
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Franz-Xaver Kroetz
Franz-Xaver-Kroetz
4 total credits
Credits include: Jail Bait, Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar, Das Geheimnis der Hebamme and Kir Royal
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Starring:

Eva Mattes
Eva-Mattes
23 total credits
Credits include: Enemy at the Gates, Stroszek, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, My Best Fiend -- Klaus Kinski and Woyzeck
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Hanna Schygulla
Hanna-Schygulla
64 total credits
Credits include: Poor Things, Werckmeister Harmonies, Auf der anderen Seite, The Marriage of Maria Braun and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
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El Hedi ben Salem
El-Hedi-ben-Salem
8 total credits
Credits include: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Fox and His Friends, The Merchant of Four Seasons, Martha and The Tenderness of Wolves
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Irm Hermann
Irm-Hermann
33 total credits
Credits include: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Woyzeck, The Merchant of Four Seasons and Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
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Harry Baer
Harry-Baer
21 total credits
Credits include: Fox and His Friends, Wetlands, Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?, Katzelmacher and Die Dritte Generation
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Marquard Bohm
Marquard-Bohm
11 total credits
Credits include: Im Lauf der Zeit, Beware of a Holy Whore, Deadlock, Jail Bait and Rote Sonne
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Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Rudolf-Waldemar-Brem
6 total credits
Credits include: Katzelmacher, Pioneers in Ingolstadt, The Bridegroom, the Actress and the Pimp, Jail Bait and Toni Goldwascher
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Kurt Raab
Kurt-Raab
26 total credits
Credits include: Fox and His Friends, World on a Wire, Love Is Colder Than Death, Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? and Fear of Fear
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Ruth Drexel
Ruth-Drexel
3 total credits
Credits include: Jail Bait, Der Bulle Von Tölz and Wambo
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Genre:

Drama

AKA:

Wildwechsel

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Jail Bait

1973
Drama
TV Movie
1h 42m
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Ratings & Reviews

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05 Apr 2020
77
69th
Germans sure are fucked up
05 Oct 2015
80
92nd
Probably would have worked a little better if Mattes really looked 14, but this is a great Fassbinder movie. When Hanni and Franz's fling is discovered, all relationships are torn asunder - their own, Hanni's with her parents, even her parents among themselves. Fassbinder shows his capacity to create high complex conundrums with some very basic materials. "Jail Bait" paid the price for being such a daring film by becoming one of Fassbinder's rarer and lesser-watched gems.
18 Jan 2014
80
78th
The father's dark past and everything about the mother's heartbreaking performance make this one of Fassbinder's very best.
01 Aug 2012
5
81st
Eva Mattes is absolutely magnetic.
11 Dec 2025
62
40th
26 Nov 2025
60
47th
26 Nov 2025
75
93rd
16 Nov 2022
70
63rd
08 Nov 2022
30
22nd
22 Sep 2022
8
89th
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Cast & Info

Directed by:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer-Werner-Fassbinder
113 total credits
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, actor, playwright, theatre director, composer, editor, and essayist.
polygon

Writers:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer-Werner-Fassbinder
113 total credits
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, actor, playwright, theatre director, composer, editor, and essayist.
polygon
,
Franz-Xaver Kroetz
Franz-Xaver-Kroetz
4 total credits
Credits include: Jail Bait, Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar, Das Geheimnis der Hebamme and Kir Royal
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Starring:

Eva Mattes
Eva-Mattes
23 total credits
Credits include: Enemy at the Gates, Stroszek, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, My Best Fiend -- Klaus Kinski and Woyzeck
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,
Hanna Schygulla
Hanna-Schygulla
64 total credits
Credits include: Poor Things, Werckmeister Harmonies, Auf der anderen Seite, The Marriage of Maria Braun and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
polygon
,
El Hedi ben Salem
El-Hedi-ben-Salem
8 total credits
Credits include: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Fox and His Friends, The Merchant of Four Seasons, Martha and The Tenderness of Wolves
polygon
,
Irm Hermann
Irm-Hermann
33 total credits
Credits include: Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Woyzeck, The Merchant of Four Seasons and Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
polygon
,
Harry Baer
Harry-Baer
21 total credits
Credits include: Fox and His Friends, Wetlands, Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?, Katzelmacher and Die Dritte Generation
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,
Marquard Bohm
Marquard-Bohm
11 total credits
Credits include: Im Lauf der Zeit, Beware of a Holy Whore, Deadlock, Jail Bait and Rote Sonne
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,
Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Rudolf-Waldemar-Brem
6 total credits
Credits include: Katzelmacher, Pioneers in Ingolstadt, The Bridegroom, the Actress and the Pimp, Jail Bait and Toni Goldwascher
polygon
,
Kurt Raab
Kurt-Raab
26 total credits
Credits include: Fox and His Friends, World on a Wire, Love Is Colder Than Death, Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? and Fear of Fear
polygon
,
Ruth Drexel
Ruth-Drexel
3 total credits
Credits include: Jail Bait, Der Bulle Von Tölz and Wambo
polygon

Genre:

Drama

AKA:

Wildwechsel

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German
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