Directed by:
Michael GlawoggerScreenplay:
Michael GlawoggerCinematography:
Attila BoaComposer:
Olga NeuwirthCast:
Ulrich Tukur, Christian Tramitz, Sabine Timoteo, Samuel Finzi, Jeremy Strong, Franziska Weisz, Markus Schleinzer, Pierre Shrady, Michou Friesz, Antonia Jung (more)Plots(1)
Ratz wants to kill his father – at least virtually. To this end he invents a computer game in which he can do battle with his father and, level by level, can injure and kill him as often as he wants. Otherwise, 35-year-old Ratz doesn't get up to much. He is engaged in a silent struggle with the rest of the world: he struggles because he is the son of a Minister, because he loves his sister the way you aren't supposed to love a sister, and because he doesn't seem to be able to come to grips with the world at all.
And then he receives a phone call. At the other end of the line he hears a voice from the past – Mimi. She wants her childhood friend to come to New York. She needs his help, she says. Ratz has always been willing to help Mimi with many things, and besides, there's not much to keep him in Vienna these days. And so he sets off on a journey that takes him way back into history and into the world of his forefathers. Once in New York, Ratz is faced with a number of disturbing questions: who is the old man in the cellar, how much of Mimi's feelings are pretence, and what kind of virtual murders are permissible to make a quick buck? Ratz finds himself drawn into the history of a Jewish family that was massacred by the Nazis in Lithuania. He also becomes involved in the story of the family of one of the perpetrators of
this horrific crime now living in exile in America and still harbouring a dread ful secret. In addition, he is obliged to witness the gradual disintegration of his own family.
(Berlinale)
Cast
Ulrich Tukur
West Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
North Face (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Christian Tramitz
West Germany
Best movies:
Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! (2008)
Rabbit Without Ears (2007)
Erkan & Stefan (2000)
Sabine Timoteo
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Collini Case (2019)
The Free Will (2006)
A Friend of Mine (2006)
Samuel Finzi
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
One Life (2023)
The Captain (2017)
Jeremy Strong
USA
Best movies:
The Gentlemen (2019)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
The Judge (2014)
Franziska Weisz
Austria
Best movies:
Stations of the Cross (2014)
Habermann's Mill (2010)
Dog Days (2001)
Markus Schleinzer
Austria
Best movies:
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
Michael (2011)
Forever Never Anywhere (2007)
Pierre Shrady
Best movies:
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
Nichts mehr wie vorher (2013) (TV movie)
Böseckendorf - Die Nacht, in der ein Dorf verschwand (2009) (TV movie)
Michou Friesz
Austria
Best movies:
Carl & Bertha (2011) (TV movie)
Vienna Blood (2019) (series)
Dead in 3 Days 2 (2008)
Antonia Jung
Best movies:
Flores negras (2009)
Simon Jung
Austria
Best movies:
Die Bergretter (2009) (series)
Der Weihnachtshund (2004) (TV movie)
Nur der Berg kennt die Wahrheit (2011) (TV movie)
Helmut Köpping
Austria
Best movies:
Life Eternal (2015)
Contact High: The Good, the Bad and the Bag (2009)
Slugs (2004)
Peter Strauß
Austria
Best movies:
The Counterfeiters (2007)
Gebürtig (2002)
Die Toten vom Bodensee (2014) (series)
Marisa Growaldt
West Germany
Best movies:
The White Ribbon (2009)
Angelo (2018)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Itzhak Fintzi
Bulgaria
Otto Tausig
Austria
Best movies:
Queen Margot (1994)
Nocturne indien (1989)
Gebürtig (2002)
Christopher McCann
USA
Best movies:
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997) (TV movie)
God's Pocket (2014)
Waltrudis Buck
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Reathel Bean
USA
Best movies:
Almost Famous (2000)
Box of Moon Light (1996)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)