Relations between middle-aged businessman Arthur Dahlberg and his young wife Anja are not at their best. So it occurred to them to leave their Hamburg home and go on vacation to the Côte d'Azur to revitalize their relationship. But Arthur Dahlberg, even on vacation, is obsessed with running his business. Meanwhile, Anya meets the young writer Roy Benter.
Cinematography
The Côte d'Azur looks impossibly golden and cruel
Acting
Ulla Jacobsson's quiet desperation in every sunlit frame
Director
Wolfgang Becker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wolfgang Becker (not the Good Bye, Lenin! director—this is the 1961 Becker) was primarily a TV director; this was one of his rare theatrical features.
This film captures West Germany's Wirtschaftswunder anxiety: even on vacation, the new middle class couldn't stop working, and their marriages suffered for it.
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