In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death

Name: In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death
Director: Alexander Kluge
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1974-12-18
Duration: 5160 s
Cast: Dagmar Bödderich, Jutta Winkelmann, Kurt Jürgens

Directed by Alexander Kluge, Edgar Reitz

1974 86m[Comedy](/on-demand/category/comedy), [Drama](/on-demand/category/drama)

6.55.0

Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the serious formal and political concerns of the film, Kluge's heightened sense of the absurd safeguards a reserve of utopian optimism.