Title: In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
Year: 1974
Genre: Drama
Rating: 5.1
Cast: Dagmar Bödderich, Jutta Winkelmann, Kurt Jürgens, Alfred Edel, Norbert Kentrup
Description: 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.