Summaries

Walter is a 60-year-old removal man for forced evictions. He recognizes in one of the tenants about to be evicted his estranged son, Jan. In order to help Jan, Walter has to confront not only his crooked boss but also his own past.

60-year-old Walter Scholl is a mover for forced evictions. The former weightlifter is the best and most loyal hauler that Walter's boss Roland Grone employs at his house moving company. Walter ignores the increasing pain caused by his back-breaking job just as he refuses to see the agony of the people whose sphere of privacy he violates every day. Grone is planning a risky real estate deal with the help of a dubious family clan. A pre-2nd-World-War apartment house in one of the best neighborhoods is supposed to be rid of all tenants and re-sold with a huge profit. The problem: One remaining tenant refuses to leave his apartment despite a court order. Walter believes to recognize the stubborn young tenant as the son he abandoned decades before and hasn't seen since. Instead of revealing himself as his long lost father, Walter tries to get close to his adult son Jan and Jan's family. Once he gradually realizes how unpredictable the men Grone has gotten mixed up with really are, Walter increasingly gets caught in the middle.—Happy_Evil_Dude

Details

Keywords
  • social realism
  • estranged son
  • reference to atlas
  • removal man
  • crooked boss
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Drama
Release date Apr 24, 2019
Countries of origin Germany
Language German
Filming locations Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Production companies Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) ARTE 23/5 Filmproduktion GmbH

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 39m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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