Gold Flakes

2h 43m
Drama
8.7

Werner Schroeter's rhapsody of excess leaps from 1949 Cuba to contemporary France to points in between, while its feverishly shifting visual style evokes and parodies everything from kitschy Mexican telenovelas to silent French art films.

Cast

Magdalena Montezuma
Magdalena, Josette, The Angel of Death
Ila von Hasperg
Klara, Aline
Ellen Umlauf
Helena
Christine Kaufmann
Unknown
Andréa Ferréol
Andréa, Marie
Bulle Ogier
Murderous soul
Irena Staup
Unknown
Isolde Barth
Isolde
Udo Kier
Franzl
Carlos Clarens
Unknown
Rainer Will
Unknown
Klaus Prochyzycha
Unknown
Ingrid Caven
Unknown

Crew

Werner Schroeter
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
Cécile Decugis
Editor
Ila von Hasperg
Editor
Margaret Ménégoz
Producer

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