Chinese Roulette : Kitchen scene with Kast and Gerhard ?

Toward the beginning of the film, once the two couples discover each other, Gerhard goes to the kitchen and tells Kast that Angela set all of them up to meet. He then lingers, sits on a table overlooking some laid out cards, and mentions someone's name and that they had either been arrested or killed. He then adds that they are the only two left who know, or something like that.

Later on, after Angela tells Gabriel that her parent's started having affairs when she got ill, he leaves her room and asks his mother Kast who some person who's name I can't remember is. It is the same name mentioned between Gerhard and Kast.

My question: Who is this person they are discussing and what is the connection between Gerhard and Kast? This is a complex film, so I wouldn't be surprised if this was explained or made clear and it just went over my head. Some might respond, "It doesn't matter!", and that's fine if that was Fassbinder's intention. I just thought it was a subplot that would emerge later. Sorry for the long post.

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Hi,
Very late reply, but better than never!
The character's name is Ali Ben Basset as given by the DVD's subtitles. (I don't speak German, so I couldn't tell you whether it's pronounced or spelled differently in German.) It is not revealed who this character is. I'm not much of a Fassbinder connoisseur, so I really don't know if this is a reference to another of his works or if it's meant for some other purpose.

I googled the name but didn't come up with anything definitive. Could be a fun little project!

Haha, wow! Thanks for the late response. Glad I still check back on these.

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