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Director:
Andreas Dresen
Writers:
Christoph Hein (novel)
Laila Stieler (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 March 2005 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Crime more
Plot:
Bernd Willenbrock is a car dealer at Magdeburg, East Germany, a small, but nonetheless successful and... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
An East German Mike Leigh? more (1 total)

Cast

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Axel Prahl ... Bernd Willenbrock
Inka Friedrich ... Susanne Willenbrock
Anne Ratte-Polle ... Anna
Dagmar Manzel ... Vera
Christian Grashof ... Maler Waldersee
Andrzej Szopa ... Jurek
Tilo Prückner ... Fritz
Wladimir Tarasjanz ... Krylow
Margit Bendokat ... Frau Friedrich
Michael Gerber ... Herr Friedrich
Ursula Werner ... Kommissarin
Hans Kremer ... Staatsanwalt
Anton Lewit ... Victor
Andrea Brose ... Polizeimeisterin Holzapfel
Tobias Lehmann ... Kommissar
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Runtime:
Germany:105 min
Country:
Germany
Language:
German | Russian
Color:
Black and White | Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Brazil:14 | Australia:MA (TV rating) | Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Havelberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany more
Company:
Arte more

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References "Tatort: Taxi nach Leipzig (#1.1)" (1970) more

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15 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
An East German Mike Leigh?, 19 March 2005
8/10
Author: mikyle from Berlin, Germany

Andreas Dresen's precise touch for achingly realistic East German drama doesn't fail in "Willenbrock". Magdeburg's urban scenery is modern and cold, the characters are hopelessly human, the situations and dialogs are sadly comic at times, and suspense is everywhere.

Axel Prahl (again!) and Inka Friedrich shine effortlessly as the well adapted well-off couple, with all their little and not so little troubles and secrets. Lovely, if it weren't a bit depressing.

After the touching "Halbe Treppe", "Willenbrock" is another hint that Andreas Dresen might just become an East German Mike Leigh. Concerned with small town real people, not always consistent in story and quality, but true to reality and always trusting his actors, which he chooses wisely.

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