---
title: 'Chinese Roulette (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder'
released: '1976-11-16'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/chinese-roulette-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074312/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Chinese Roulette (1976)

1976 · 86 min · Drama · Germany, France

Original title: Chinesisches Roulette

## Synopsis

Chinese Roulette  is a 1976 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It stars Margit Carstensen, Ulli Lommel, and Anna Karina. The film, a bleak psychological drama, climaxes with a truth-guessing game, which gives the film its title. The plot follows a bourgeois married couple whose infidelities are exposed by their disabled child.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Screenplay:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peer Raben](https://cinepixo.com/people/peer-raben)
- **Producer:** [Michael Fengler](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-fengler), [Barbet Schroeder](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbet-schroeder)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael Ballhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ballhaus)
- **Editor:** [Juliane Lorenz](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliane-lorenz)

## Cast

- [Andrea Schober](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-schober)
- [Anna Karina](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-karina)
- [Macha Méril](https://cinepixo.com/people/macha-meril)
- [Armin Meier](https://cinepixo.com/people/armin-meier)
- [Ulli Lommel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulli-lommel)
- [Alexander Allerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-allerson)
- [Margit Carstensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/margit-carstensen)
- [Volker Spengler](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-spengler)
- [Erik Schumann](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-schumann)
- [Brigitte Mira](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigitte-mira)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/chinese-roulette-1976
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