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A Man Like Eva (1984)

A Man Like Eva (1984)

Drama
Release Date: 1984, February 17
Directors: Radu Gabrea
Countries: Germany
Production: Maran Film
Cast: Lisa Kreuzer, Eva Mattes, Charles M. Huber, Albert Kitzl, Carola Regnier, Charles Regnier, Towje Kleiner, Werner Stocker, Lothar Borowsky, Maria Mettke, Frank Büssing, Heinz Kowalczyk

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?

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fictional biography