Drifters tells of Karin, a past-her-prime cosmetics saleswoman, with her increasing exasperation with her life and her dreams of leaving it all behind and living in Paris. An unlikely but entertaining plot develops, where anything can happen.
Acting
Weisgerber's face does entire monologues without speaking.
Direction
Early Petzold: already obsessed with women on the economic edge.
Director
Christian Petzold
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Petzold's actual thesis film — he made this for university while working at a video store.
Made during post-reunification Germany, Karin's West German malaise mirrors a country's identity crisis. The 'anything can happen' plot reflects genuine economic instability.
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