Wolfsburg (2003)

Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a young boy riding a bike and drives away. As he has feelings of ... See full summary »

Director:

Christian Petzold

Writer:

Christian Petzold

Stars:

Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Antje Westermann

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Benno Fürmann	...	Philipp Gerber
Nina Hoss	...	Laura Reiser
Antje Westermann	...	Katja
Astrid Meyerfeldt	...	Vera
Matthias Matschke	...	Scholz
Soraya Sala	...	Françoise (as Soraya Gomaa)
Stephan Kampwirth	...	Klaus
Martin Aaron Müseler	...	Paul Reiser (as Martin Müseler)
Anna Priese	...	Antonia
Florian Panzner	...	Polizist
André Szymanski	...	Der Neue
Peter Kurth	...	Oliver
Simone von Zglinicki	...	Krankenschwester
Margarita Broich	...	Psychologin
Sven Pippig	...	Schrotthändler

Storyline

Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a young boy riding a bike and drives away. As he has feelings of guilt, he tries to find out more about the accident's victim and learns that the boy lies seriously injured in a hospital. Philipp wants to tell his mother Laura Reiser the truth, but he doesn't. After a carefree holiday with his girlfriend Katja, he learns that the boy is dead. Meanwhile, Laura staggers between grief and the desire for revenge. One evening, she can't bear it any more and jumps off a bridge, but Philipp saves her life...

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Plot Keywords:

germany | bicycle | guilt | remorse | accident | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The plot is nearly identical to Claude Chabrol's This Man Must Die (1969), only the setting and some characters are different. Neither the original novel by Cecil Day-Lewis nor the screenplay by Claude Chabrol and Paul Gégauff are credited as a source.

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Connections

References Casablanca (1942)

User Reviews

Lovely

Story about a guy that runs over a boy and flees. But the guilt stays and makes some dramatical changes in him...

The cast was great. Great acting. Specially the main two actors. The story sour-sweet, lovely. Thought the ending wasn't what I expected as from the story flow. I expected something more sophisticated. A peak. But it just flowed away as it was flowing the whole time...actually a great move. Thought the whole movie has a simplicity touch. That makes the scenes even more powerful and brings out the acting of the actors. And as said they were great! The photography is nothing special but worth mention it. Really matches the theme simple but catchy in a fresh way.

A fresh breath from Germany which hasn't made a lot of good movies in the last decade. Really worth seeing it.

M.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [Germany] Official site at UFA.de

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

25 September 2003 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Вольфсбург

Filming Locations:

Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

EUR2,600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ARTE, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), teamWorx Produktion für Kino und Fernsehen GmbH

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color