Kings should be treated courteously! At least, that's what famous music critic Georg thinks. But he finds himself counting pennies when his chief editor suddenly fires him from the Viennese newspaper for which he has been writing for decades. While keeping his dismissal a secret from his psychotherapist wife Johanna, whose mind is occupied solely by getting pregnant, Georg begins to plot his revenge.
Acting
Hader's physical comedy of a man unraveling in real time.
Writing
Dialogue so cringe-authentic you'll need to pause and recover.
Director
Josef Hader
Josef Hader
Georg
Pia Hierzegger
Johanna
Georg Friedrich
Erich
Jörg Hartmann
Waller
Denis Moschitto
Sebastian
Crina Semciuc
Nicoletta
Nora Waldstätten
Fitz
Murathan Muslu
Mirko
April Bracatti
Woman at market restaurant / woman at bus stop (uncredited)
Maria Hofstätter
Secretary Huber
Thomas Schubert
Max
Hubert Kramar
Policeman
Daniela Kong
Restaurant owner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hader, Austria's biggest comedian, directs himself as a pathetic narcissist—a fascinating act of self-immolation that only someone truly famous could risk.
The amusement park Georg flees to is Vienna's real Prater, and the 'Wild Mouse' rollercoaster name becomes a bitter metaphor for his own frantic, going-nowhere desperation.
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