--- title: 'In Danger and Deep Distress, the Middleway Spells Certain Death (1974)' type: 'film' director: 'Alexander Kluge' released: '1974-12-18' runtime_minutes: 90 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'Germany' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/in-danger-and-deep-distress-the-middleway-spells-certain-death-1974' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071655/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # In Danger and Deep Distress, the Middleway Spells Certain Death (1974) 1974 · 90 min · Drama, Comedy · Germany Original title: In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod ## Synopsis In Danger and Deep Distress, the Middleway Spells Certain Death is a 1974 drama film directed by Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz. It is set in Frankfurt and tells the story of two women, one who sleeps with many men and steals their wallets, and one who is a spy for East Germany. The film mimics the style of documentaries, with actual documentary footage from the city as well as essayistic aspects. ## Credits - **Director:** [Alexander Kluge](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-kluge), [Edgar Reitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-reitz) - **Screenplay:** [Alexander Kluge](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-kluge), [Edgar Reitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-reitz) - **Producer:** [Alexander Kluge](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-kluge), [Edgar Reitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-reitz) - **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-wagner) - **Director of Photography:** [Günther Hörmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-hormann) - **Editor:** [Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/beate-mainka-jellinghaus) ## Cast - [Alfred Edel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-edel) - [Jutta Winkelmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/jutta-winkelmann) - [Dagmar Bödderich](https://cinepixo.com/people/dagmar-bodderich) as Inge Maier - [Norbert Kentrup](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-kentrup) - [Hans Drawe](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-drawe) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/in-danger-and-deep-distress-the-middleway-spells-certain-death-1974 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1660620); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.