Summary An anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a beer garden on the hill of the Andechs monastery. While flies drown in his mug of beer, he confronts a life of failure: the wife he ignored, the child he neglected, the teaching duties he has shirked, and his doomed efforts at winning tenure from school officials. Only a dream from the past-the memory of a former liaison with a film star with whom he shared "the Andechs feeling, a feeling that we are not alone" - provides sustenance. Despite an unexpected series of events, longing in Achternbusch's world ultimately remains stronger than fulfillment and thirst better than beer. View more details
Directed : Herbert Achternbusch
Written : Herbert Achternbusch
Stars : Herbert Achternbusch Judit Achternbusch Heinz Braun Ella Fießinger
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 20, 1976
Countries of origin : West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Andechs Monastery, Bavaria, Germany
Production companies : Bioskop Film
Summary An anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a beer garden on the hill of the Andechs monastery. While flies drown in his mug of beer, he confronts a life of failure: the wife he ignored, the child he neglected, the teaching duties he has shirked, and his doomed efforts at winning tenure from school officials. Only a dream from the past-the memory of a former liaison with a film star with whom he shared "the Andechs feeling, a feeling that we are not alone" - provides sustenance. Despite an unexpected series of events, longing in Achternbusch's world ultimately remains stronger than fulfillment and thirst better than beer. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 20, 1976
Countries of origin : West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Andechs Monastery, Bavaria, Germany
Production companies : Bioskop Film
