Dirt

Year: 1986

Runtime: 98 mins

Language: German

Director: Paulus Manker

Drama

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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