Fox and His Friends (Criterion Collection)

While gay carny laborer Franz "Fox" Bieberkopf (writer/director Rainer Werner Fassbinder) thinks his hand-to-mouth existence is finally over after he hits the lottery, his misery has only just begun, as he’s seduced, bilked of his money, and abandoned by a fallen aristocrat (Peter Chatel) and his circle. Fassbinder’s gripping and caustic class satire also stars Harry Baer, Karlheinz Böhm, Christiane Maybach. AKA: "First-Right of Freedom." 124 min. Standard; Soundtracks: German Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; featurettes; theatrical trailer. In German with English subtitles.