Hannes is a beer truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Timetable Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad… On his journey to Finland by train, followed by the police, he meets lot of folks and the love of his life.
Acting
Joachim Król's deadpan desperation is heartbreaking and hilarious.
Cinematography
Train windows frame Europe like a melancholic postcard collection.
Direction
Lichtefeld turns timetables into poetry of the mundane.
Director
Peter Lichtefeld
Joachim Król
Hannes Weber
Outi Mäenpää
Sirpa Salonen
Peter Lohmeyer
Kommissar Franck
Jochen Nickel
Lothar
Nina Petri
Frau Kößner, Sekretärin
Charlie Hendricks
Kalle, Entlassener
Johannes Herrschmann
Chef
Hilmi Sözer
Harry, Assistent
Oliver Marlo
Lako, Schlafwagenschaffner
Peter Franke
Karl-Heinz, Inari-Fan
Friedrich Küppersbusch
Schröder, Fahrplanexperte
Peter Franzén
Lako's Lover
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The International Timetable Contest in Inari is real, held annually for railway enthusiasts—though not quite this dramatic.
This bombed in Germany but became a quiet cult hit in Finland, where locals adored being the promised land of a German loser's dreams.
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