Directed by:
Christoph HochhäuslerScreenplay:
Christoph HochhäuslerCinematography:
Reinhold VorschneiderComposer:
Benedikt SchieferCast:
Florian David Fitz, Lilith Stangenberg, Horst Kotterba, Ursina Lardi, Arved Birnbaum, Gottfried Breitfuss, Karl Fischer, Jakob Diehl, Jean-Paul Comart (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Fabian Groys is one of the star newshounds at the fictitious Berlin-based magazine Die Woche (The Week), where he’s already received major kudos for his coverage of the war in Afghanistan. Every journalist needs an addiction, and Fabian’s soft spot is the craps table (with a bit of drinking thrown in), for which he owes a hefty debt that can only be paid off by putting his vintage Porsche in hock. Otherwise, Fabian’s as committed as they come, especially now that he’s onto a new story involving a batty war veteran who literally fed himself to the lions at the zoo, and who was employed at a toxic waste company which seems to be toeing the regulations line. As it happens, the German parliament is in the process of voting in an environmental bill to meet new EU standards, and the company’s bullish CEO now needs to do all he can to stop Fabian from prying too far. (CoolConnections)
(more)Cast
Florian David Fitz
West Germany
Best movies:
The Verdict (2016) (TV movie)
Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)
How About Adolf? (2018)
Lilith Stangenberg
West Germany
Best movies:
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
I Was at Home, But (2019)
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
Horst Kotterba
East Germany
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Das Bernstein-Amulett (2004) (TV movie)
Ursina Lardi
Switzerland
Best movies:
The White Ribbon (2009)
The Foster Boy (2011)
A Good Boy (2008) (TV movie)
Arved Birnbaum
East Germany
Best movies:
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006) (TV movie)
Die Ermittler: Nur für den Dienstgebrauch (2016) (TV movie)
Emma's Bliss (2006)
Gottfried Breitfuss
Austria
Best movies:
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
Come Sweet Death (2000)
Fashion Victims (2007)
Karl Fischer
Austria
Best movies:
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
My Best Enemy (2011)
Jakob Diehl
France
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
The Forgotten Battle (2020)
Jean-Paul Comart
Belgium
Best movies:
Welcome (2009)
Via Mala (1985) (series)
Life and Nothing But (1989)
Zinedine Soualem
France
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Hate (1995)
Roman de Gare (2007)
Cornelius Schwalm
West Germany
Volker Ranisch
East Germany
Best movies:
Frei (2013) (TV movie)
The Red Cockatoo (2006)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Irina Potapenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Revenge (2008)
The Coming Days (2010)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Bettina Hoppe
Kenya
Best movies:
The Silent Revolution (2018)
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
Isi & Ossi (2020)
Tilo Werner
Best movies:
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
Heavenly Shift (2013)
Stiller Abschied (2013) (TV movie)
Lena Amende
West Germany
Best movies:
Rabbit Without Ears (2007)
7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald (2004)
Der Prinz von nebenan (2008) (TV movie)
Maya Bothe
West Germany
Best movies:
The Free Will (2006)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Der Island-Krimi: Tod der Elfenfrau (2016) (TV movie)
David Bunners
East Germany
Best movies:
Duell der Brüder - Die Geschichte von Adidas und Puma (2016) (TV movie)
Operation Valkyrie (2004) (TV movie)
Der Turm (2012) (TV movie)
Hubert Burczek
West Germany
Best movies:
Farinelli (1994)
Where Are You Going, Habibi? (2015)
Ein starkes Team (1994) (series)
Daniel Drewes
West Germany
Best movies:
Sources of Life (2013)
Die Anruferin (2007)
Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018)