
Kassbach - Ein Portrait
Drama
Overview
Viennese vegetable merchant Karl Kassbach becomes a member of a right-wing extremist organization, which plans numerous attacks on democratic institutions and journalists. The film attempts to portray a realistic and detail-oriented study of the mind of the "Kleinbürger", trapped between the fringes of the lower and middle-classes.
Top Cast


Walter Kohut
Walter Kohut
Karl Kassbach
Walter Kohut
Karl Kassbach
Immy Schell
Immy Schell
Wife
Immy Schell
Wife
Maria Engelstorfer
Maria Engelstorfer
Mother
Maria Engelstorfer
Mother


Franz Buchrieser
Franz Buchrieser
Friend
Franz Buchrieser
Friend


Hanno Pöschl
Hanno Pöschl
Friend
Hanno Pöschl
Friend


Erni Mangold
Erni Mangold
Liesi's mother
Erni Mangold
Liesi's mother
Konrad Becker
Konrad Becker
Son
Konrad Becker
Son
Monika Schöpfer
Monika Schöpfer
Liesi
Monika Schöpfer
Liesi
Hans Kraemmer
Hans Kraemmer
friend
Hans Kraemmer
friend


Franz Novotny
Franz Novotny
suitor
Franz Novotny
suitor
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