The Brutes
1970 film
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The Brutes (German: Mädchen mit Gewalt) is a 1970 West German drama film directed by Roger Fritz and starring Helga Anders, Klaus Löwitsch and Arthur Brauss.[1] It was shot on location around Munich.[2]
Winfried Schnitzler
Roger Fritz
Klaus Löwitsch
Arthur Brauss
| The Brutes | |
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| Directed by | Roger Fritz |
| Written by | Jürgen Knop Winfried Schnitzler Roger Fritz |
| Produced by | Roger Fritz |
| Starring | Helga Anders Klaus Löwitsch Arthur Brauss |
| Cinematography | Wolfgang Kohl Egon Mann |
| Edited by | Jutta Brandstaedter Peter Przygodda Christa Wernicke |
| Music by | Irmin Schmidt |
Production companies | Roger Fritz Filmproduktion Smart Filmproduktionsgesellschaft |
| Distributed by | Cinerama Filmgesellschaft |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
Friends Werner and Mike meet up with Alice and take her for a night-time swim at a gravel pit, but their friendship soon turns to violent rivalry.
Cast
- Helga Anders as Alice
- Klaus Löwitsch as Werner
- Arthur Brauss as Mike
- Rolf Zacher as Rolf
- Monika Zinnenberg
- Astrid Boner
- Elga Sorbas
- Henry van Lyck
Reception
In his review for music review website critic.de, Michael Kienz concluded that "the film was capable of painting a scathing portrait of the morals of the Federal Republic of Germany at the time may be due to Fritz's enthusiasm for popular cinema. But just because a director can stage fights and doesn't deny his protagonist's sexual appeal doesn't mean he's any less realistic. The film already has one foot in a new era, where Werner and Mike have to accept that their rough manner will soon no longer be effective. With the other foot, however, it remains in a dark past, where a raped woman in a miniskirt would think twice about subjecting herself to further humiliation at the hands of the police."[3]
