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In the Jim-Crow South, Val Xavier is a bass-playing drifter who retains a wild, compassionate spirit amid neon-lit decay. Nicknamed “Snake Skin” for his animal-hide jacket, Val seeks to shed the emptiness of wealthy nightclubs and, after turning thirty, yearns for a modest, purposeful life grounded in honest work.

Gisela May

Lady Torrance

Harry Hindemith

Jabe Torrance

Reiner Schöne

Val Xavier

Barbara Dittus

Carol Cutrere

Kurt Müller-Reitzner

David Cutrere

Gisela Morgen

Wolfgang Greese

Brigitte Lindenberg

František Pálka

Ursula Am-Ende

Lothar Förster

Evamaria Bath

Alexander Leuschen

Erika Stiska

• Hubert HoelzkeDirector
• Tennessee WilliamsWriter

Release date

October 16, 1965

Status

Released

Original language

German

Genres

Drama