Gold Flakes

Overview

Werner Schroeter's rhapsody of excess leaps from 1949 Cuba to contemporary France to points in between, while its feverishly shifting visual style evokes and parodies everything from kitschy Mexican telenovelas to silent French art films.

Directed by Werner Schroeter

Top cast

Magdalena Montezuma

Magdalena, Josette, The Angel of Death

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Ila von Hasperg

Klara, Aline

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Ellen Umlauf

Helena

Christine Kaufmann

Andréa Ferréol

Andréa, Marie

Bulle Ogier

Murderous soul

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Irena Staup

Isolde Barth

Isolde

Udo Kier

Franzl

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Carlos Clarens

Rainer Will

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Klaus Prochyzycha

Ingrid Caven

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