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Satan's Brew

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Watchlist 86% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 79% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
86% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 79% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Leftist experimental poet Walter Kranz has hit a wall creatively and his publisher won't advance him any more money until he produces additional work. Kranz distracts himself with prostitutes, infidelity and violence until, in the wake of a revelatory dream, he concludes that he's the reincarnation of Romantic poet Stefan George. He begins to pass off George's poems as his own, and adopts what he believes the dead writer's habits and style to have been.

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Janet Maslin New York Times May 9, 2005
1.5/5
If you have any doubt that there's such a thing as being too prolific, by all means go see Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Satan's Brew. Go to Full Review
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader Jan 1, 2000
A 1976 comedy by the well-known German humorist, Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Go to Full Review
Jay Antani Cinema Writer Aug 26, 2010
3/4
If you're new to Fassbinder, this one may catch you off-guard, but if you love the guy, here's another to scratch your head over and chuckle mischievously along with. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews May 16, 2006
B
It was enjoyable as offbeat entertainment from a director who is not afraid to take chances and change his filming style. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Nov 2, 2005
3/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Feb 26, 2005
3/5
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Cast & Crew

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Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director

Kurt Raab

Walter Kranz

Helen Vita

Luise Kranz

Margit Carstensen

Andrea

Volker Spengler

Ernst Kranz

Ingrid Caven

Lisa

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Satan's Brew

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Movie Info

Synopsis Leftist experimental poet Walter Kranz has hit a wall creatively and his publisher won't advance him any more money until he produces additional work. Kranz distracts himself with prostitutes, infidelity and violence until, in the wake of a revelatory dream, he concludes that he's the reincarnation of Romantic poet Stefan George. He begins to pass off George's poems as his own, and adopts what he believes the dead writer's habits and style to have been.
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Producer
Michael Fengler
Screenwriter
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Distributor
New Yorker Films
Production Co
Tango Film, Albatros Produktion
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 7, 1976, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 15, 2020
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Mono
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