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ERA
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Released 12 years ago.
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Stereo
2014 1h 35m DE
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MID
★6.1TMDB · 169
Thriller
Synopsis
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Erik has is own motorbike workshop in a sleepy little town. He may have the telling word ‘scoundrel’ tattooed onto his lower arm but he nonetheless creates an impression of a well-behaved average Joe. His relationship with his girlfriend Julia is going well and her daughter Linda is very fond of her new Dad. But then all of a sudden the mysterious Henry appears and begins following him about like a sinister shadow. The more Erik tries to shake off his diabolical guest the more Henry intrudes into his life. But then when a violent gangster named Keitel enters the fray and threatens not only Erik but Julia and Linda, Erik’s seemingly ideal world begins to run off the rails.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Jürgen Vogel
Erik
Moritz Bleibtreu
Henry
Petra Schmidt-Schaller
Julia
Georg Friedrich
Keitel
Rainer Bock
Wolfgang
Adrian Can
Deisler
Paul Faßnacht
Hansen
Fabian Hinrichs
Arzt
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Maximilian Erlenwein
- Writers
- Maximilian Erlenwein
- Languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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CRAFT
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, shot by The Chau Ngo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Sven Budelmann shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Jürgen Vogel and Moritz Bleibtreu and Petra Schmidt-Schaller carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt3348102 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Maximilian Erlenwein directs. The Chau Ngo behind the camera. Sven Budelmann cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 12 years ago.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by Maximilian Erlenwein, shot by The Chau Ngo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Editor Sven Budelmann shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Jürgen Vogel and Moritz Bleibtreu and Petra Schmidt-Schaller carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt3348102 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- The Chau Ngo
- Editing
- Sven Budelmann
- Production design
- Heike Lange
- Runtime
- 95 min · 1h 35m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
- Certification (US)
- 16
- IMDB
- Stereo (2014)
Also by
Maximilian Erlenwein
Community reviews
What people are saying
- zyzoo87
What misery. Above all, do not watch under penalty of being sickened by the cinema for a good time. And when I say 'cinema' it's laudatory for this film which only has the name. To quickly forget.A Netflix product i suppose..😫
Production companies
Who made it
ZDF
DE
- FR
Frisbeefilms
DE
- KA
Kaissar Film
Wild Bunch Germany
DE
Key crew
- ProducerKhaled Kaissar
- ProducerManuel Bickenbach
- MusicEnis Rotthoff
- EditorSven Budelmann
- CastingSilke Koch
- Production DesignHeike Lange
- Costume AssistantMaria Schicker
- Visual EffectsJan-Christoph Glaser
- Visual EffectsUrban Vucer
- ProducerAlexander Bickenback
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2014-05-1516
- Digital2014-10-2016
- Physical2014-10-2016· DVD & Blu-ray
