Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

1970 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler
Movie film Q543382
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Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

Summary

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? is a film[1]. Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?'s instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was directed by Michael Fengler[4].
  • Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder[5].
  • Michael Fengler wrote the screenplay for Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?[6].
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder wrote the screenplay for Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?[7].
  • Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?'s composer is recorded as Peer Raben[8].
  • Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?'s genre is drama film[9].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Kurt Raab[10].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Lilith Ungerer[11].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Hanna Schygulla[12].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Peer Raben[13].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Irm Hermann[14].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Ingrid Caven[15].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Liselotte Eder[16].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Harry Baer[17].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Hannes Gromball[18].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Carla Egerer[19].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Reinhard Hauff[20].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Günther Kaufmann[21].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Niels-Peter Rudolph[22].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Katrin Schaake[23].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Ulli Lommel[24].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Rainer Werner Fassbinder[25].
  • A cast member of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was Margarethe von Trotta[26].
  • Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was produced by Peer Raben[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was produced by Peer Raben[27]. Directors include Michael Fengler[4] and Rainer Werner Fassbinder[5]. Screenwriters include Michael Fengler[6] and Rainer Werner Fassbinder[7]. Cast members include Kurt Raab[10], Lilith Ungerer[11], Hanna Schygulla[12], Peer Raben[13], Irm Hermann[14], and Ingrid Caven[15].

Publication

Publication dates include June 28, 1970[28], February 5, 1971[29], November 17, 1977[30], and March 22, 1979[31]. The original language of Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? was German[32]. Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?'s genre is drama film[9].

Subject and Themes

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?'s main subject is amok[33].

Why It Matters

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . filmportal.de. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . filmportal.de. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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