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Success

Success (1991)

4h 25m | PG-13

⭐ 2 / 10

For fans of history, this glimpse of Munich society in the 1920s will be a much-treasured event. The story revolves around an art-gallery manager who puts on a show featuring the scandalous works of a woman artist who committed suicide. He is unjustly accused of having committed adultery with her, and for some reason the authorities decide to make an example of him. He is imprisoned at about the same time that Hitler and the nascent Nazi party attempt the infamous Beer Hall Putsch, and the gallery manager's girlfriend and a Swiss writer valiantly (and unsuccessfully) attempt to get better justice for him. Nobody in authority, it seems, has the courage to take up the challenge of righting this particular injustice.

Director: Franz Seitz Jr.

Studio: ARD

Genre: Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

as Jacques Tüverlin

Franziska Walser

Franziska Walser

as Johanna Krain

Peter Simonischek

Peter Simonischek

as Dr. Martin Krüger

Mathieu Carrière

Mathieu Carrière

as Erich Bornhaak

Manfred Zapatka

Manfred Zapatka

as Kaspar Pröckl

Thomas Holtzmann

Thomas Holtzmann

as Dr. Franz Flaucher