An aging gossip columnist, tired of the social life of the Roman Dolce-vita set, goes to New York with hopes of a literary career. He marries a nurse, but succumbs to his former mistress.
Acting
Curd Jürgens delivers magnificent self-loathing as the dissolute Fox.
Direction
Lommel's transition from Fassbinder actor to peculiar auteur begins here.
Director
Ulli Lommel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lommel was a Fassbinder regular—this was his second feature, made with constantine and Jürgens, two giants of European cinema slumming in exploitation-adjacent territory.
The 'sex comedy' keyword is misleading marketing—this is closer to Cassavetes' Husbands or early Woody Allen's bitter streak than anything actually funny.
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