Overview
The insurance salesman Vincent Baumann, a cold-blooded careerist and minion of a merciless system, becomes a victim of the very corporations he is representing. Degraded to a henchman he grimly struggles to get back on the job market. He fights to climb the social ladder. In the process he realizes that there are other values than income and success. He decides against his previous ideology and for another human being, for Lisa Sokulowa. They don’t have a future. But they celebrate a small triumph against the dominance of the ruling system.
Director and cast
- Clemens Schick as Vincent Baumann
- Lena Lauzemis as Lisa
- Daniel Olbrychski as Wladimir Sokulow
- Marion Mitterhammer as Diana Dorn
- Marcus Signer as Gerhard Frei
- Jaschka Lämmert as Maria Dietrich
- Simon Schwarz as Johannes Dietrich
- Stipe Erceg as Philipp Kessler
- Dagmar Koller as Eleny Hoffmansthal
- Stefan Matousch as Vizedirektor
More films
Blade Runner (1982)
Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller · R
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Cast
- Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Action · Science Fiction · Thriller · R
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor …...
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Director
- Jonathan Mostow
- Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Action · Science Fiction · Thriller · PG-13
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Director
- McG
- Cast
- Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood
The Matrix (1999)
Action · Science Fiction · R
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Director
- Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
- Cast
- Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction · Thriller · R
The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Director
- Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
- Cast
- Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
Comments
Talk about the film with other members