Using the modest sum in prize money that Willow Springs had garnered, Schroeter began work on what would be one of his most uncompromising films to date and an unofficial final part to a trilogy of films alongside Willow Springs and The Death of Maria Malibran. With international co-production extending his cast of regular collaborators like Ingrid Caven and Magdalena Montezuma to include arthouse stalwarts like Bulle Ogier and Udo Kier, the film encompasses four parts weaving together high and low culture in a richly textured tapestry of underground filmmaking.