A 45-minute German drama where two strangers play chicken with their last secrets — who blinks first?
Acting
Inge Meysel and Heinz Reincke — two titans verbally dancing on a knife's edge.
Direction
Haffter's patient camera lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Petra Haffter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of a German TV anthology series — which explains the tight 45-minute runtime and stage-play intensity.
Inge Meysel was Germany's 'mother of the nation'; casting her as morally compromised Katia deliberately shattered that image.
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