For her first television film, director Vera wants the perfect cast. But the first day of shooting is fast approaching and the numerous casting sessions have yet to find a suitable actress to play the leading role. Although the producer and crew are getting ever more exasperated with Vera, Gerwin is happy about the extra work, as he earns his money as an audition reader, delivering the lines of dialogue to the starry candidates at the various castings. When the male lead suddenly has to back out, Gerwin thinks that this might just be his chance.
Acting
Andreas Lust's barely-contained hunger is physically uncomfortable to watch.
Direction
Wackerbarth's static camera traps you in rooms you desperately want to escape.
Writing
Conversations that go nowhere spectacularly—Beckett for film bros.
Director
Nicolas Wackerbarth
Andreas Lust
Gerwin
Judith Engel
Vera
Milena Dreißig
Ruth
Corinna Kirchhoff
Luise Maderer
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Tamara Lentzke
Marie-Lou Sellem
Nathalie Strasser
Andrea Sawatzki
Annika Grossmann
Ursina Lardi
Almut Dehlen
Stephan Grossmann
Manfred
Nicole Marischka
Hanne
Toby Ashraf
Tom
Markus von Lingen
Lukas
Tim Kalkhof
Kostja
Anne Müller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wackerbarth shot in actual casting spaces with real actors who didn't know if they were 'in' the film, blurring documentary and fiction.
The film savages Germany's state-funded film culture, where 'artistic integrity' often masks institutional paralysis.
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