Class Relations DVD
The film is based on Kafka's unfinished novel "Der Verschollene". It doesn't deal with the real United States but functions
as an allegory, taking place at no specific time in history. Straub and Huillet's version is about class relations and about
the society that is created by capitalism, which is utterly cruel, capricious and ludicrous.
This 2-disc DVD offers a film transfer supervised by the filmmakers themselves as well as two rare documentaries (by Harun
Farocki and Manfred Blank) about the shooting, different versions of the screenplay by Straub and Huillet, unpublished rushes
and photos from the shooting.
DVD 1: Class Relations, Germany/France 1984, 122 min, b/w, German. English and French Subtitles (optional); ROM section with documents (scripts, interviews, etc.) in German language only; DVD 2: a.o. Work on "Class Relations" by Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub, West Germany 1983, Directed by: Harun Farocki, 65 min, colour; How Merrily I Shall Laugh. Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub and Their Film "Class Relations", West Germany 1984, Directed by: Manfred Blank, 42 min, colour / All Regions, PAL, 4:3
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