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The roles of John Banner and Werner Klemperer were miscast


The actor who played Werner Klemperer has popped up in a lot of movies and he's a good, versatile actor - even in this. His frame seemed too burly for this role in my opinion, however. Klemperer needed to be played by a slighter individual.

The actor who portrayed John Banner played him as a creepy looking, John Wayne Gacy type rather than the loveable teddy bear that John Banner came across as.

Just my two cents.

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True, but the whole movie is off that way. Schrader just isn't a very good director. He comes up with some great ideas for films then just doesn't have the ability to turn those ideas into top films. He needs directors with better judgement and more ability to improve his scripts. He lets his own ideas down.

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