Second-hand car sales man Willenbrock has everything that he could ever wish for. He is married, has two lovers, a cottage in the German city Grünen, and a BMW. Yet one day while at his cottage he gets mugged and his life is drastically changed. Little by little the world he once felt safe in falls apart around him.
Acting
Axel Prahl's sweaty desperation is *chef's kiss* uncomfortable.
Direction
Dresen makes mundanity feel like a tightening noose.
Director
Andreas Dresen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-reunification German cinema often dissected new money anxieties; Willenbrock's BMW and cottage are status symbols of a hollow Wirtschaftswunder 2.0.
Dresen deliberately blurred thriller and comedy genres to trap viewers in Willenbrock's own inability to recognize real danger—notice how the 'break-in' music never quite arrives.
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