---
title: 'The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder'
released: '1972-02-10'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-merchant-of-four-seasons-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067227/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)

1972 · 89 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Händler der vier Jahreszeiten

## Synopsis

The Merchant of Four Seasons is a 1972 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Hans Hirschmüller and Irm Hermann. The plot follows the life of a fruit-peddler, living in 1950s Munich. "Hans - wife-beater, caricature of stunted manhood, treated like shit by his middle-class family—tries to make a little happiness of his own, and fails miserably."

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Screenplay:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Producer:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rocco Granata](https://cinepixo.com/people/rocco-granata)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dietrich Lohmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/dietrich-lohmann)
- **Editor:** [Thea Eymèsz](https://cinepixo.com/people/thea-eymesz)

## Cast

- [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- [Kurt Raab](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-raab)
- [Andrea Schober](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-schober)
- [Hanna Schygulla](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanna-schygulla)
- [Karl Scheydt](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-scheydt)
- [Liselotte Eder](https://cinepixo.com/people/liselotte-eder)
- [Elga Sorbas](https://cinepixo.com/people/elga-sorbas)
- [Hark Bohm](https://cinepixo.com/people/hark-bohm)
- [Peter Chatel](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-chatel)
- [El Hedi ben Salem](https://cinepixo.com/people/el-hedi-ben-salem)
- [Irm Hermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/irm-hermann)
- [Gusti Kreissl](https://cinepixo.com/people/gusti-kreissl)
- [Peter Gauhe](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-gauhe)
- [Jürgen Prochnow](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-prochnow)
- [Harry Baer](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-baer)

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