In the 1930s, the owner of a German chocolate factory was Russian. Faced with double setbacks in his marriage and career, he was completely dishearten[Expand All]
In the 1930s, the owner of a German chocolate factory was Russian. Faced with double setbacks in his marriage and career, he was completely disheartened. He fantasized about leaving his own life and observing himself from the side as if his soul had left his body. When he saw a homeless man on the street, the man looked exactly like himself in his eyes. In order to "swap identities", he killed the other person. This film is quite different from Fassbinder's other works. He adopted a script by a well-known screenwriter and it was also adapted from Nabokov's novel. The brilliant dialogues seem to be concentrated in the first third of the film. The film is bold and tacky, and has received widespread criticism.[Collapse]
