Enfant Terrible (film)

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Enfant Terrible
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Film poster
Directed by Oskar Roehler
Written byKlaus Richter
Produced byMarkus Zimmer
Starring
CinematographyCarl-Friedrich Koschnick
Edited by Hansjörg Weißbrich
Music by Martin Todsharow
Release date
  • 1 October 2020 (2020-10-01) [1] [2]
Running time
134 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Enfant Terrible is a 2020 German drama film directed by Oskar Roehler about the German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. [3] It was selected to be shown at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. [4] [5] [6]

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