Germany 1934. In the middle of a southern German forest, a number of mannequins are placed on the two men, Waldemar Velte and Kurt Sandweg from Wuppertal, with their repeating rifles organize shooting practice.
Direction
Förnbacher's suffocating forest compositions trap you with the characters.
Acting
Helga Anders delivers fragile humanity against mechanical cruelty.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched German woods that breathe menace.
Director
Helmut Förnbacher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made 23 years post-war, this was West Germany's rare early confrontation with civilian Nazi complicity—most contemporaries preferred amnesia.
The mannequins were reportedly actual shop dummies from Wuppertal stores, lending the target practice an uncanny domestic invasion.
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