Der starke Ferdinand

Copyright artist(s) and courtesy argos

Artist(s)

Year

1976

Duration

01:30:00

Original format

35mm

Color

col.

Color system

PAL

Languages

Spoken: German
Subtitles: English UK , French

Availability

Collection

The clownish security chief of a West German business is obsessed with protecting his factory from fancied and real breaches, especially from groups such as The Red Army Faction. He finally becomes so obsessed with possible security leaks that he turns terrorist to prove his own case.The sympathetically-drawn Ferdinand's ludicrous actions recall those of the cynical, disastrous axis between fascism and big business in 1930's Europe: satire of the rise of private security.