“Gods of the Plague” IRIS 2018 International Film Festival

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The Chazen (750 University Ave)
@ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Sponsored by the Center for European Studies, the Cinematheque, and the Chazen.

In this sequel to Love is Colder Than Death, Franz (now played by Baer) is released from prison and starts planning a supermarket robbery. He also rekindles his relationship with old flame Johanna (Schygulla) and lights several new ones. “Quintessential Fassbinder… the work of a very young man who has just discovered the secret pleasures of angst” (Vincent Canby, The New York Times).

West Germany | 1971 | 35mm | 91 min. | German with English subtitles
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Harry Baer, Ingrid Caven