
BasedonTheodorFontane’snovel,EffiBriestunwillinglymarriedBaronvonInnstetten,nearly20yearshersenior–andaformeradmirerofEffi'smother.ThearrangedmarriagespellsthebeginningofamonotonousexistenceforEffi.Innstettenisentirelypreoccupiedwithhispoliticalcareer,andthesleepyartisttownofKessinofferslittleexcitement.ThenMajorCrampasarrives,oneofInnstetten'smilitarycomradesandacharmingwomanizer.Effistartsapassionateaffairwithhim.Butitcomesatasteepprice:theaffairprovesfatalforCrampas.Effi,ontheotherhand,dealswiththeconsequencesofherdecisionsandembarksonanewchapterinherlife.ThenovelwasalsoadaptedtoscreenbyFassbinderin1974.<br/> 沉默的園丁把情感傾注在公園每一株植物身上,他活在宅男的世界,不理人情世故,糊里糊塗和女朋友第一次約會,以致草草收場。一個蝦蝦霸霸的上司,把他潛藏的不安變成負能量,他到天橋給橋下汽車扔石頭,最初是石仔,漸變大石。後來獵人的犀利手槍落在他手裡,殺人的興奮無法遏止。女朋友想幫,卻只是幫倒忙。德國版的殺人狂言簡意賅,心理分析少費周章,著墨神秘氣氛和黑色懸疑,強烈的風格化和題旨亦步亦趨,新柏林電影學派示範之作


