A Man Like Eva

Overview

A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder, lives in a large house with his cast and crew as he films Dumas' Lady of the Camellias. His accountant informs him he has many unpaid bills and little cash on hand. EVA throws a fit and fires him. He then proceeds to play one person off against another, dismiss with cruelty his recent lover Ali, sleep openly with his leading lady Gudrun, and make a direct and public play for his leading man, Walter. He's mercurial, dictatorial, and manic. Will he finish the film, having drawn great performances from his actors through his manipulations, or will his antics set events in motion that spin out of his control?

Details

Cast

Eva Mattes

EVA

Lisa Kreuzer

Gudrun / Marguerite

Werner Stocker

Walter / Armand

Charles Regnier

Yvonne

Charles M. Huber

Ali

Carola Regnier

Else

Albert Kitzl

Max

Towje Kleiner

Manfred

Lothar Borowsky

Production Manager

Maria Mettke

Dancer

Loek Dikker

Camera Operator

Frank Büssing

Camera Ass.

Heinz Kowalczyk

Light Designer

Frederike Wilde

Walter's Daughter

Bembe Bowakow

Nick Meikamp

Sirus Motamed