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The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time ( German: Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit) is a film made in West Germany in 1985. It is written and directed by Alexander Kluge. The entire film was filmed in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. The film's working title was Unheimlichkeit der Zeit. An alternate English title of the film is The Blind Director.

Cast

• Jutta Hoffmann - Gertrud Meinecke
• Armin Mueller-Stahl - Blind Director
• Hans-Michael Rehberg - Herr von Gerlach
• Peter Roggisch - Großer Chef
• Rosel Zech - Ärztin
• Maria Slatinaru - Sängerin der Tosca
• Günther Reich - Sänger des Polizeichefs Scarpia
• Piero Visconti - Sänger des Cavaradossi
• Edgar M. Böhlke - Schrotthändler
• Henning Burk - Heimarbeiter
• Alfred Edel [ de] - Motivforscher
• André Jung - Chauffeur Max
• Bernd Schmidt - Reporter
• Claudia Buckler - Dienstmädchen Elsa
• Rosemarie Fendel - Frau von Gerlach

Awards

At the German Film Awards ceremony of 1986, the film won a "Film Award in Silver" for the Shaping of a Feature Film (Kairos Film). It was also nominated for a "Film Award in Gold" in the category of "Outstanding Feature Film" (Kairos Film).

References

• The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time at strictly film school
• The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time in JSTORL New German Critique
• at Mendeley
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• [2] (German)
• [3] (German)
• [4] German

External links

• The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time at IMDb

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