Abwärts

BR Deutschland 1983/1984 Spielfilm

Summary

Out Of Order

It is Friday evening in a big office building. Most people have left and are on their way home. Four late-comers get into the same express elevator, an ageing accountant, an aggressive youth, a beautiful woman and her arrogant former lover.

Seconds later they are all prisoners, suspended a hundred meters above ground, crammed into a few square meters, stuck between two floors. Nobody hears their cries for help. Then all attempts to free them fail. The cables holding the elevator snap, one after the other.

Frustrations built up over the years and newly created rivalries erupt. Secrets are betrayed. While the rescue operation proceeds, fateful decisions are being made. One of the four will not live to see the end of their adventure.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

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Credits

All Credits

Director

Assistant director

Script supervisor

Screenplay

Director of photography

Assistant camera

2nd Camera unit

Still photography

Construction manager

Costume design

Costumes

Editing

Assistant editor

Sound

Music recording

Foley artist

Audio mixing

Special effects

Cast

Voice

Unit production manager

Production coordinator

Shoot

    • 15.11.1983 - 20.01.1984: München, Frankfurt
Duration:
2467 m, 90 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.04.1984, 54606, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 01.07.1987, ARD

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Abwärts
  • Arbeitstitel Der Aufzug

Versions

Original

Duration:
2467 m, 90 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.04.1984, 54606, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 01.07.1987, ARD

Awards

Bayerischer Filmpreis 1985
  • Beste Regie
Fantasporto, Portugal 1985
  • Beste Regie
Deutscher Filmpreis 1985
  • Filmband in Gold, Beste Kamera
  • Filmband in Gold, Darstellerische Leistung
Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya 1984
  • Caixa de Catalunya, Beste Regie