Buck's first full length film depicts brilliantly the expectations and clichés in rural Northern Germany. The young police officer dreaming of fun and excitement, catching dangerous criminals, is stationed as a local copper in a small town. Nothing ever seems to happen. Apart from the mysteriously slaughtered cows...
Buck manages to show sympathy for rural lifestyle without canonizing it; his depiction of the young upper-class woman and her family sums up what happens when you loose touch with reality.
I's a pity that "Erst die Arbeit und dann" isn't available any more. This short film was even better than "Karniggels".
Buck manages to show sympathy for rural lifestyle without canonizing it; his depiction of the young upper-class woman and her family sums up what happens when you loose touch with reality.
I's a pity that "Erst die Arbeit und dann" isn't available any more. This short film was even better than "Karniggels".