The goalies's anxiety at the penalty kick

Wim Wenders co-writes and directs this German drama based on the novel by Peter Handke. An inexplicable chain of events is set in motion when a goalkeeper (Arthur Brauss) storms off the pitch after letting in an easy goal and being sent off for dissent. Picking up a woman in a cinema, he takes her back to his hotel and impulsively strangles her, then takes a bus to a village where he tries to find an old girlfriend. All the while, the police close in.

Cast

Marie Bardischewski, Arthur Brauss, Kai Fischer, Bert Fortell, Edda Kochl, Mario Kranz, Ernst Meister, Erika Pluhar, Libgart Schwarz, Michael Toost

Genres

World Cinema

Language

German