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Wie ein Vogel auf dem Draht

Wie ein Vogel auf dem Draht

1975TV Movie⏱️ 44m
Music
6.6
IMDB Rating
201 votes

Staged as a TV show, in a TV studio, set up like Brigitte Mira living room. She recounts her four husbands. Inspired by Leonard Cohen's "Bird on a wire".

Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Anja Hauptmann, Christian Hohoff
Stars
El Hedi ben Salem, Ingfried Hoffmann, Evelyn Künneke
Release Date
May 5, 1975
Language
German
Country
West Germany
💬 3
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

El Hedi ben Salem
El Hedi ben Salem
as Bodybuilder
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Ingfried Hoffmann
as Barpianist
Evelyn Künneke
Evelyn Künneke
as Self
Brigitte Mira
Brigitte Mira
as Self
Kurt Raab
Kurt Raab
as Barbesucher

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Production
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

🎯 Categories

GermanMusic

⭐ Featured Review

The Mother of the Nation
by semiotechlab-658-954442010-02-26
10/10

"According to Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the mother of the (German) nation was not Inge Meisel, but Brigitte Mira. She was already 64 old and 59 years on stage and in film, when she had her break-trough in Fassbinders "Ali: Fear eats the soul" (1974) for which she got the "Filmband In Gold" in 1974. One year later, she also played the main role in Fassbinder's anti-communist drama "Mother Küsters goes to heaven". Shortly before, in occasion of her 65th birthday, Fassbinder filmed a "show" as it is called, "Like a Bird on a wire", approximate..."

📖 Synopsis

Staged as a TV show, in a TV studio, set up like Brigitte Mira living room. She recounts her four husbands. Inspired by Leonard Cohen's "Bird on a wire".