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

Written by:

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Franz-Xaver Kroetz

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Starring:

Harry Baer Marquard Bohm Rudolf Waldemar Brem

Kurt Raab Ruth Drexel

Genre:

Drama

AKA:

Wildwechsel

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

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Jail Bait

1973

Drama

TV Movie

1h 42m

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JooJoo

Rated 01 Aug 2012

Eva Mattes is absolutely magnetic.

Rated 01 Aug 2012

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jodamico

Rated 18 Jan 2014

The father's dark past and everything about the mother's heartbreaking performance make this one of Fassbinder's very best.

Rated 18 Jan 2014

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Darren

Rated 05 Apr 2020

Germans sure are fucked up

Rated 05 Apr 2020

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Moribunny

Rated 05 Oct 2015

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.

Rated 05 Oct 2015

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