12 minutes of marital bliss, roadkill, and the worst honeymoon ever committed to film.
Karla and Falk run over a dog on the way to their honeymoon and seriously injure it. After various attempts to save him, the poor animal sees his last hour approaching - but then fate comes to the grand finale.
Acting
Becker and Reiber sell the unraveling with deadpan precision.
Direction
Schröder packs three acts of dread into 12 minutes.
Director
Sandra Schröder
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of German absurdist shorts that weaponize awkwardness; think Toni Erdmann condensed into pure panic.
The dog's name is never spoken aloud—deliberate dehumanization that mirrors how the couple treats each other under stress.
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