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Strongman Ferdinand

  • April 26, 1976
  • 91 min.
  • Drama
  • Germany
The clownish security chief of a West German business is obsessed with protecting his factory from fancied and real breaches, especially from groups such as The Red Army Faction. Ferdinand's paranoia and methods can't be contained by his company. The sympathetically-drawn Ferdinand's ludicrous actions recall those of the cynical, disastrous axis between fascism and big business in 1930's Europe: satire of the rise of private security.

Original title: Der starke Ferdinand

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nomination

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winning rate

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win

Cannes Film Festival #29 - 1976

Award People Status
FIPRESCI Prize [Main Competition] Alexander Kluge Winner

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