A drug courier's life implodes when love meets chaos — and Berlin gets very bloody.
Drug courier Sal has the war in him. When he meets the charismatic Sasha, his life goes off the rails and he botches an important coup. They flee together and Sal undergoes an astonishing metamorphosis.
Cinematography
Berlin as a character — all concrete, neon, and moral rot.
Acting
Sträßer's physical transformation is genuinely unsettling.
Direction
Franke keeps the neo-noir tight at 103 minutes.
Director
Günther Franke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Günther Franke's first feature after years directing German television crime procedurals — he clearly saved up his visual ideas.
Post Empire arrived as German cinema was rediscovering its noir roots, part of a wave including Dogs of Berlin and Christian Petzold's work.
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