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1986 · 98 mins · German
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Directed by
Paulus Manker
Starring
Hans-Michael Rehberg, Hanno Pöschl, Fritz Schediwy, Josefin Platt

An allegorical tale about the obsessive outsider and the mundane roots of totalitarianism. Josef “Schmutz” (German for “dirt”), a security guard fixated on duty and cleanliness, is assigned to watch over a decommissioned industrial plant. As he clings to the authority of property rights, his self‑appointed “Representative of Ownership” gradually loses touch with reality.

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