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Dirt (1986) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 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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