- HD 1080
- Runtime: 91m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: de
- Country: Germany
- Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Stars: Harry Baer, Hanna Schygulla, Margarethe von Trotta, Carla Egerer, Ingrid Caven
- keywords: release from prison, ex-detainee, nightclub, bank robbery, nightclub owner
- Production_studio: Antiteater-X-Film
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Gods of the Plague is featured in the top rankings of 1970
- #35 in Top Crime Movies of 1970
A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.