Die Einsamkeit des Killers vor dem Schuss

Deutschland 2013/2014 Spielfilm

Summary

A Hitman's Solitude Before the Shot

The over-ambitious Koralnik has a dream job: he is a contract killer for a secret EU program. But even eight years after his training he still hasn't had a single hit. Bored and frustrated, he lives according to the program's strict rules – withdrawn, no social contact and constantly undercover. One day, the shy Rosa crashes into his car and life. Before he knows it, Koralnik is having dinner with her. For the first time, he can flee his everyday misery for an evening of company. But then the telephone rings. It's Koralnik's first job. With Rosa alongside, Koralnik sets off on a chaotic odyssey through a night in which nothing goes according to plan. It is only when Koralnik's target is revealed to be none other than one of his colleagues that the rigid concept by which he lives finally comes into question. He is confronted with the dilemma of either protecting his secret program or drawing a line under his unfulfilled existence as a killer. It is the biggest liar of them all, Rosa, who forces him to confront his own life's lie.

"A Hitman's Solitude Before the Shot" tells the story of two lovable, tragic and comic antiheroes on an absurd and doomed journey. The film explores the impossibility of being happy when the life one leads is a scam – and of the freedom that comes when one has the courage to admit the lie.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

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Credits

All Credits

Assistant director

Script supervisor

Director of photography

Assistant camera

Colour grading

Still photography

Lighting design

Key grip

Production design

Property master

Stand-by props

Make-up artist

Special make-up effects

Costume design

Editing

Sound assistant

Foley artist

Audio mixing

Stunt co-ordinator

Casting

Cast

Unit production manager

Production coordinator

Original distributor

Shoot

    • 22.10.2013 - 05.12.2013: Köln und Umgebung
Duration:
95 min
Format:
HD, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): 08.08.2014, Locarno, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 13.11.2014

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Die Einsamkeit des Killers vor dem Schuss

Versions

Original

Duration:
95 min
Format:
HD, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Uraufführung (CH): 08.08.2014, Locarno, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 13.11.2014