The year is 1981, the German New Wave is at the peak. Harry, otherwise Sparkasse trainee, wants to make it big as a manager of the band of his friends, Apollo Schwabing. He has booked the band as the opening act for a concert where the group DAF are the headliners.
Acting
Tom Schilling's desperate optimism is physically painful.
Production
1981 Munich recreated with almost suspicious accuracy.
Score
DAF's industrial throb vs. Apollo Schwabing's amateur chaos.
Director
Benjamin Quabeck
Tom Schilling
Harry
Robert Stadlober
Vince
Jessica Schwarz
Melitta
Marlon Kittel
Freddie
Nadja Bobyleva
Lena
Denis Moschitto
Gabi Delgado
Josef Heynert
Robert Görl
Dieter Landuris
Bob
Christian Ulmen
Wieland Schwarz
Oliver Bröcker
Geldbote Holger
Steffen Jürgens
Tommi Drexler
Martin Kiefer
Manager Elektronische Zwerge
Franziska Walser
Jutta Heckmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
DAF (Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft) were actual pioneers of EBM; their fictionalized appearance here is basically the German equivalent of getting The Cure in your indie film.
Tom Schilling was 21 playing 20, but had already been acting for a decade—his baby-faced desperation is method-adjacent.
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