Eddi is just back in town after his imprisonment. He plans to free his African jail comrade Timpe, because the latter will get no asylum in Germany and probably be killed when sent to his country. When freeing Timpe at the airport, Eddi and his comrades find out that the police officers are smuggling drugs when escorting those who get no asylum back to their countries. Eddi decides to take advantage of the situation.
Acting
Diego Wallraff smolders with barely contained fury.
Direction
Lars Becker squeezes maximum tension from minimal runtime.
Writing
Efficient plotting that trusts you to keep up.
Director
Lars Becker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schattenboxer captures early-'90s Germany wrestling with reunification and rising xenophobia, using genre thrills to smuggle in political rage.
Director Lars Becker later created the long-running TV crime series Großstadtrevier, but this remains his rawest, most urgent work.
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