Straub/Huillet
Klassenverhältnisse (Class Relations)
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Add rightsFormat 2 x DVD Interzone
Original format 35mm, HD
Year 1983-2007
Language(s) German
Artist(s) Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Subtitles French, English
Booklet 20 pages (German, English)
Running time 249 min
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Description
The film is based on Kafka's unfinished novel, Der Verschollene (Amerika). It does not depict the actual United States, but rather a kind of allegory set in an indefinite time. Straub and Huillet's version examines class relations and the society created by capitalism, a society that is at once cruel, capricious, and absurd.
This 2 DVD box set features a transfer supervised by the directors as well as two rare documentaries about the shoot, different unpublished versions of Straub and Huillet's screenplay, along with unreleased rushes and behind-the-scenes photos.