- Country: West Germany
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1972-02-10
- Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Writers: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Language: German | Arabic
- Stars: Hans Hirschmüller , Irm Hermann , Hanna Schygulla , Klaus Löwitsch , Karl Scheydt , Andrea Schober , Gusti Kreissl , Ingrid Caven , Kurt Raab , Heide Simon
- Runtime: 88 min
- Awards: 3 wins & 5 nominations
- AKA: Продавец четырех времен года , A zöldségkereskedő (Hungary) , The Merchant of Four Seasons (United States of America) , O Comerciante das Quatro Estações (Brazil) , Frukthandlerens fire årstider (Norway) , Il mercante delle quattro stagioni (Italy) , El comerciante de las cuatro estaciones (Mexico) , Händler der vier Jahreszeiten , Le marchand des quatre saisons (Canada) , Händler der vier Jahreszeiten , Frugthandlerens fire årstider (Denmark) , The Merchant of Four Seasons (United Kingdom) , Händler der vier Jahreszeiten (Germany) , El mercader de las cuatro estaciones (Spain) , Le marchand des quatre saisons (France, French Republic) , El mercader de las cuatro estaciones (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Handlarz czterech pór roku (Poland) , O Mercador das Quatro Estações (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , O Negociante das Quatro Estações (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Merchant of Four Seasons , O emporos ton 4 epohon (Greece) , Dört Mevsim Satıcısı (Turkey) , Kauppias kaiken aikaa (Finland) , Branjevec za štiri letne čase (Slovenia) , 四季を売る男 (Japan) , The Merchant of Four Seasons (Canada) , Frukthandlarens fyra årstider (Sweden)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0067227
The Merchant of Four Seasons Cast · · · ALL
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director
Hans Hirschmüller
Hans Epp
Irm Hermann
Irmgard Epp
Hanna Schygulla
Anna Epp, Hans's sister
Andrea Schober
Renate Epp, Hans's daughter
Karl Scheydt
Anzell
Klaus Löwitsch
Harry
Gusti Kreissl
Mother Epp
Ingrid Caven
Hans's great love
Peter Chatel
Dr. Harlach
Elga Sorbas
Marile
Kurt Raab
Kurt, Hans's brother-in-law
Hark Bohm
Polizei-Vorgesetzter
Walter Sedlmayr
Karren-Verkäufer
Lilo Pempeit
Kundin
El Hedi ben Salem
Araber
Jürgen Prochnow
Man at the Meeting Table
Heide Simon
Heide, Hans's married sister
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Zucker
Daniel Schmid
1st Candidate