Extending his fascination with genre cinema, Petzold’s second feature is a made-for-television variation on the 1945 noir Detour, transposing Ulmer’s Poverty Row classic from the gloomy backroads of postwar America to the drab railway stations and sunlit autobahns of 1990s Europe. Across this colorless landscape, homeless drifter Tom tracks ex-lover-turned-prostitute Tina with the questionable assistance of a slick rich guy named Jimmy, pursuing parallel paths on a desperate odyssey westward that just might lead all the way to Cuba.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 31 min.
- Country, year
- Germany, 1996
- Genre
- Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Language
- German
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Christian Petzold
- Screenplay
- Christian Petzold, Harun Farocki
- Producers
- Annedore Von Donop
- Cinematography
- Hans Fromm
- Cast
- Richy Müller, Catherine Flemming, Wolfram Berger, Mark Schlichter, Marquard Bohm, Eleonore Weisgerber
- More information
- www.imdb.com
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Director
Christian Petzold
Christian Petzold studied German and theater studies at the Free University in Berlin, then graduated from the German Film and Television Academy (DFFB) in 1994. Petzold is one of the leading directors in New German cinema. The German Film Critics Association has twice awarded him Best Film awards (for „Ghosts“ and „The State I Am In“). He was twice named Best Director at the German Film Awards (for „Wolfsburg“ and „The State I Am In“).
