| Vitus Zeplichal | ... | Peter Trepper | |
| Elke Aberle | ... | Erika | |
| Alexander Allerson | ... | Vater Ernst Trepper | |
| Erni Mangold | ... | Mutter Edith Trepper (as Erni Mangold) (as Ernie Mangold) | |
| Johanna Hofer | ... | Erikas Großmutter | |
| Wolfgang Hess | ... | Bauleiter | |
| Armin Meier | ... | Polier | |
| Erika Runge | ... | Interviewerin (as Dr. Erika Runge) | |
| Katherina Buchhammer | ... | Ulla (scenes deleted) (as Katharina Buchhammer) | |
| Ellen Eckelmann | ... | Bedienung Olga | |
| Ulrich Radke | ... | Erikas Vater Albert | |
| Annemarie Wendl | ... | Erikas Mutter Lis | |
| János Gönczöl | ... | Wirt (as Janos Gönczöl) | |
| Edith Volkmann | ... | Wirtin | |
| Robert Naegele | ... | Gerichtsvollzieher | |
| Axel Ganz | ... | Hausmeister | |
| Inge Schulz | ... | Frau Emmerich | |
| Peer Raben | ... | Möbelverkäufer | |
| Helga Bender | ... | Verkäuferin in der Boutique | |
| Sonja Neudorfer | ... | Schmuckverkäuferin | |
| Ingrid Caven | ... | Nähmaschinenverkäuferin | |
| Hannes Kaetner | ... | Bauunternehmer | |
| Adi Gruber | ... | Postbeamter | |
| Lilo Pempeit | ... | Frau im Postamt | |
| Dieter Schidor | ... | Junger Mann | |
| Edgar Wenzel | ... | Typ am Spielautomat | |
| Toni Reichenbach | ... | Liebespaar | |
| Roland Henschke | ... | Liebespaar |
Directed by | |||
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | (screenplay) | |
| Klaus Antes | (book "Lebenslaenglich") & | |
| Christiane Erhardt | (book "Lebenslaenglich") | |
| Christian Hohoff | collaborator on screenplay (uncredited) | |
Produced by | |||
| Peter Märthesheimer | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Peer Raben | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Michael Ballhaus | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Liesgret Schmitt-Klink | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Kurt Raab | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Christian Hohoff | .... | assistant director | |
| Renate Leiffer | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Michael Ballhaus | .... | artistic director: restored version | |
Thanks | |||
| Juliane Lorenz | .... | special thanks (restored version) | |
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| IMDb Drama section | IMDb West Germany section |
Made in a hurry for German TV, this demonstration of the adage that You Can't Buy Love is shot in a quasi-documentary style that evokes the British lumpenprole aesthetic of Mike Leigh and Ken Loach. But Fassbinder is no social-worker/muckraker; this tale of a guy who just wants a little tenderness has the lockstep tragedic structure of Racine or Aeschylus. As in most of Fassbinder's best work, like FOX AND HIS FRIENDS, the impulse toward melodrama is naked and unashamed. The score, by Peer Raben, exceeds his most brilliant efforts. And the last line, and the hero's reaction, caught in nightmarish freeze-frame, stands as one of Fassbinder's greatest masterstrokes.