In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death

Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the serious formal and political concerns of the film, Kluge's heightened sense of the absurd safeguards a reserve of utopian optimism.

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  Alexander Kluge
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  Edgar Reitz

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  Dagmar Bödderich
  Inge Maier
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  Jutta Winkelmann
  Rita Müller-Eisert
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  Kurt Jürgens
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  Alfred Edel
  Bieringer
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  Norbert Kentrup
  Max Endrich
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  Willi Münch
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  Jutta Thomasius
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  Hans Drawe
  Dietzlaff
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  Christoph Gierke
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  Utz Rausch