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1974 · directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · 93 min
24,443 feet · Prominence
686th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw27

Lifetime worldwide gross $0m, re-releases included; about $1m in 2026 money.

Rank9,143 of 11,051In 197444 of 47

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise100

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics100 baseAwards0 signal → +0 lift

No award rows on file, usually missing data rather than missing honours. Wikidata is thin for older and non-English films.

How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Criterion Fassbinder; low public traffic.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb8 from 25kWikipedia4k views a monthAge52 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 672 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 27 praise 100 legacy 58averages 62, placing it at24,443 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Brigitte Mira▲ Irm Hermann▲ Barbara Valentin▲ El Hedi ben Salem

In these careers — elevation for this film

Brigitte Mira19,011 ftEl Hedi ben Salem18,263 ftIrm Hermann17,900 ftBarbara Valentin17,852 ft