this must be one of the bad film i have ever see . there be no beginning and no story and and no end . what on earth go through nicole heesters mind when she accept that part and be beyond me . an otherwise brilliant actress have her big an until now only genuine fiasco . if it show anything and it the mess in fassbinders mind near the end of his life . so many cliché and i be surprise i watch it till the end . i suppose that because of the clothes and which be an interesting study of the extreme of the time . i suppose you could also see inspector jansen a a parody and which might make it a bit more bearable and but the storyline be still too thin to make it worth while .