Faustrecht der Freiheit [Fox and His Friends]

Berlin: Der Spiegel, 1975. Vintage borderless black-and-white press photograph of Fassbinder on the set of his 1975 film "Faustrecht der Freiheit." Shot by Manjit Jari for the German publication Der Spiegel, with stamps for both Jari and the publication on the verso, along with an archive date of March 19, 1975.

Franz "Fox" Biberkopf (Fassbinder) loses his job at a carnival after his boyfriend Klaus (Karl Scheydt) is arrested for tax fraud. After hustling for the money to buy a lottery ticket, he wins 500,000 marks and attracts the attention of Eugen (Peter Chatel), a sophisticated but amoral young man in need of money. He begins a relationship with the uneducated Fox, and slowly swindles him out of his winnings, driving him to eventual poverty and suicide.

9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine.

[Book #135906]