Berlin, Germany. Police officer Klaus Roth infiltrates the Serbian mafia, specializing in manipulating sports betting, and befriends the naive Luka, in order to capture Aco Gorić, the enigmatic head of the criminal ring.
Acting
Schilling's slow-burn panic beneath cool surface
Direction
Kadelbach's claustrophobic Berlin underbelly
Writing
Luka's tragic naivety that gut-punches you
Director
Philipp Kadelbach
Tom Schilling
Klaus Roth
Edin Hasanović
Luka Moravac
Jens Albinus
Frank Dudek
Lazar Ristovski
Aco Gorić
Fortunato Cerlino
Marco Feri
Britta Hammelstein
Eva Rittner
Emilia Schüle
Nadja
Sascha Alexander Geršak
Jagos
Aleksandar Jovanović
Radan Gorić
Vladimir Burlakov
Schoenherr
Marko Mandić
Spiridon
Tamer Yiğit
Jyan Cyahan
Vladimir Korneev
Vukasin
Jerry Hoffmann
Patrick Köberlein
Marko Dyrlich
Borko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Schilling learned basic Serbian for authenticity in scenes with Edin Hasanović, though much was cut.
The film mirrors real 2010s Bundesliga match-fixing scandals involving Croatian-Serbian betting syndicates operating from Berlin.
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