A director, his fiancee, a scriptwriter and a student interact and discuss their emotions, at length.
Writing
Dialogue so natural it feels eavesdropped.
Acting
Vogler and Tschechowa's loaded silences.
Director
Rudolf Thome
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Thome's 'Berlin Trilogy' exploring creative class malaise in divided Cold War Germany. The tarot motif barely appears—Thome preferred metaphors that don't announce themselves.
Rüdiger Vogler and Hanns Zischler had already played variations of these dynamics in Wenders' films; Thome cast them to subvert that 'road movie' energy into static, suffocating intimacy.
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