Chainsmoker (1997)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Maria von Heland

Writers:

Britta Krause (writer)
Maria von Heland (writer)

Genre:

Short

Plot:

It's a cold winter night in Berlin when a young woman steps out of the shower and trembles after her package of cigarettes...

Plot Keywords:

Cigarette | Rain | Female Nudity | Shower Scene | Taxicab

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Amanda Ooms	...	Chainsmoker
Gertie Honeck	...	Woman in taxi
Helmuth Meier	...	Taxidriver
Bill Sage	...	Office yuppie
Nicole Coulibaly	...	Woman on phone
Gerald Fiedler	...	Slob
Axel Pape	...	Falling pal
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf	...	Lotta player
Lydia Billiet	...	Concierge
Mandana Ziaei-Fanni	...	Lisa
Philip Gosch	...	Lisa's boyfriend
Phillipp Stielow	...	First policeman
Michael Hornig	...	Running policeman
Tuan Phong Le	...	Fleeing Vietnamese
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rosa von Praunheim	...	Old lady

Runtime:

11 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

Short and superb

The best comment I can make about this short film is that the whole audience including myself were laughing almost from beginning to end, and applauded at the end. This is a great piece of work, once it starts it goes on and on to complete a full circle, and that's all I'll say about the story because you have to see the events that happen in it to believe it. A very amusing and well done film.