Der starke Ferdinand (1976) DVD-R

Starring Heinz Schubert, Verenice Rudolph, Joachim Hackethal, Gert Gunther Hoffmann, Heinz Schimmelpfennig
Directed by Alexander Kluge
Print: Color
Runtime: 97 min
Genre: Drama
Language: German with English subtitles

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.