Cover image for The merchant of four seasons [DVD video]
Title:
The merchant of four seasons [DVD video]
Edition:
DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]

©2015
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
ISBN:
9781604659986
Abstract:
This despairing yet mordantly funny film charts the decline of a self-destructive former policeman and war veteran struggling to make ends meet for his family by working as a fruit vendor.
General Note:
Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.

Special features: Commentary (audio commentary featuring Wim Wenders); Irm Hermann (interview with the actor); Hans Hirschmüller (interview with the actor); Eric Rentschler (interview with film historian Rentschler). Insert includes an essay by film scholar Thomas Elsaesser.
Performers:
Hans Hirschmüller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Karl Scheydt, Andrea Schober, Gusti Kreissl, Ingrid Caven, Kurt Raab, Heide Simon, Peter Chatel, Elga Sorbas, Lilo Pempeit, Walther Sedlmayer, Salem el Heïdi, Marian Seidowsky, Daniel Schmid, Michael Fengler, Hark Bohm, Harry Bär.
Technical Details:
DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; monaural.
Language:
German
Additional Language:
German dialogue; English subtitles.
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