Summer Guests

A group of people from the wealthy middle class in engage in quasi intellectual quarrels and discussions trying to find some meaning in their comfortable and indolent life. Adaptation of the play by Maxim Gorky.

Directed by Peter Stein, Summer Guests leans on a strong ensemble — Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander, Jutta Lampe — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1976.