Strähl

Switzerland, January 2004
FILM, Fiction, 80 min.

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directed by
Manuel Flurin Hendry
Written by
Michael Sauter, David Keller
Status
In distribution
Website
www.straehl.net

Zurich undercover drug agent Herbert Strähl dreams of making a big catch. Yet the only fish he manages to catch is the piranha in the aquarium tank he has at home. He laboriously persists in grappling with small-time dealers and fixers while being left in the lurch again and again by his colleagues. Strähl hides his loneliness and his yearning for love behind fits of rage, amphetamines and shouting fits until his choleric temperament finally becomes his undoing.

L’ispettore della squadra antidroga Herbert Strähl conduce una lotta amara e senza prospettive contro il mondo della droga che gravita intorno alla Langstrasse. Carol è giovane, impetuosa e tossicodipendente. Quando Strähl si innamora di lei, lì cominciano i suoi problemi. Nel tentativo di strappare Carol a quest’ambiente funesto, si espone sempre più al pericolo di perdersi nella spirale della dipendenza e della violenza.

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World Premiere
January 2004
Original Version
Swiss-German,  colour, 35mm, 80 min.
Production
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
Producer
Samir, Susann Rüdlinger
directed by
Manuel Flurin Hendry
Written by
Michael Sauter, David Keller
Cinemato­graphy
Filip Zumbrunn
Editing
Markus Welter
Music
Michael Sauter
Location Sound Mix
Ruedi Guyer
Production Design
Georg Bringolf
Lighting Design
Philipp Koller
Costumes
Carol Luchetta

Cast

Roeland Wiesnekker
Johanna Bantzer
Nderim Hajrullahu
Manuel Löwensberg
Mike Müller
Andrew Mitchell
Raphael Clamer
Max Rüdlinger
Dominique Jann
Martin Hug

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Telepool GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Look Now! Distribution
Release date: 25.03.2004

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