Directed by:
Andreas DresenScreenplay:
Laila StielerCast:
Axel Prahl, Inka Friedrich, Anne Ratte-Polle, Dagmar Manzel, Christian Grashof, Tilo Prückner, Ursula Werner, Peter Prager, Andrzej Szopa, Tobias Lehmann (more)Plots(1)
Bernd Willenbrock is a second-hand car salesman. Business is good, he has a beautiful wife, a mistress, a house on a new estate and a place in the country. He has just one employee, Jurek, an experienced car mechanic from Poland, who gets the cars ready for sale. Most of his customers are from eastern Europe. One of them is Krylow, a dubious Russian businessman, who turns up every few weeks or so and always buys up several cars at once. Their regular business deals mean that the two men have developed a relationship of trust of which Jurek does not approve at all. Willenbrock is quite content with his life. But then, all at once, several cars disappear without a trace from the yard. In order to show that he is prepared to do something about the burglary he hires a night watchman. Not only does Fritz look after the yard and the cars, he also happens to have a pretty daughter. However, this young student doesn't seem to have the slightest interest in either second-hand cars or in her father's boss. This only serves to spur Willenbrock's ambition – without making him forget either his wife or his mistress. Willenbrock is real skirt-chaser. However, his life comes under serious threat when he and his wife are mugged at their holiday home by Russian burglars – who are quickly caught and deported like a shot. Things threaten to spin out of control and Jurek is the only one to offer his active support. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Axel Prahl
West Germany
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Nachtgestalten (1999)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Inka Friedrich
West Germany
Best movies:
Stopped on Track (2011)
Willenbrock (2005)
A Year in Winter (2008)
Anne Ratte-Polle
West Germany
Best movies:
Willenbrock (2005)
I Was, I Am, I Will Be (2019)
Shahada (2010)
Dagmar Manzel
East Germany
Best movies:
Cracks in the Shell (2011)
Coming Out (1989)
Willenbrock (2005)
Christian Grashof
German Empire
Best movies:
Mephisto (1981)
Willenbrock (2005)
Destination: Freedom (2010) (TV movie)
Tilo Prückner
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Head Full of Honey (2014)
Ursula Werner
German Empire
Best movies:
Stopped on Track (2011)
Willenbrock (2005)
Two Lives (2012)
Peter Prager
East Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Frozen Sky (2011) (series)
The Collini Case (2019)
Andrzej Szopa
Poland
Best movies:
Wielki bieg (1981) (TV movie)
Big Shar (1982)
Anna Karenina (2000) (series)
Tobias Lehmann
East Germany
Best movies:
Willenbrock (2005)
The Red Cockatoo (2006)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Hans Kremer
West Germany
Best movies:
Willenbrock (2005)
Rommel (2012) (TV movie)
The Promise (1995)
Michael Prelle
West Germany
Best movies:
Willenbrock (2005)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Wladimir Tarasjanz
Best movies:
Willenbrock (2005)
Das Programm (2016) (TV movie)
247 Days (2011) (TV movie)
Sven Hönig
West Germany
Best movies:
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Willenbrock (2005)
Vicky the Viking (2009)
Sanne Schnapp
East Germany
Best movies:
A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
Willenbrock (2005)
Vicky the Viking (2009)
Marco Bahr
Best movies:
Willenbrock (2005)
The Promise (1995)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Margit Bendokat
German Empire
Best movies:
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Willenbrock (2005)
Herr Lehmann (2003)
Florian Riedel
Best movies:
Willenbrock (2005)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Anton Levit
Soviet Union
Best movies:
In Darkness (2011)
Willenbrock (2005)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Ljubisa Gruicic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Sasha (2010)
Willenbrock (2005)
Great Freedom (2021)