Every year, many Germans are preparing to spend their vacations in the sunny south. And they all have to use the same highways. And every year everything ends in a big traffic jam.
Acting
Ottfried Fischer's manic everyman energy carries the chaos
Practical Effects
Genuine 1991 Autobahn gridlock filmed in real traffic conditions
Writing
Sharp class commentary between the slapstick moments
Director
Manfred Stelzer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film satirizes 'Reiseverkehr' — the annual German migration south that still causes Europe's worst traffic jams every summer.
Ottfried Fischer based Ludwig on his own father's legendary temper during family vacations.
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