The Merchant of Four Seasons

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

With Hans Hirschmüller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Andrea Schober and Karl Scheydt

Hans is a street fruit peddler and born loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However, the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes.