Die Einsamkeit des Killers vor dem Schuss
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 Bored and frustrated, he lives according to the program's strict rules – withdrawn, no social contact and constantly undercover.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
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Cast
- Koralnik
- Rosa
- Van Haarten
- Olsen
- Jassen
- Van Migroet
- Nachbar
- Kommissar
- EU-Kommissarin
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
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
Sound assistant
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Stunt co-ordinator
Casting
Cast
- Koralnik
- Rosa
- Van Haarten
- Olsen
- Jassen
- Van Migroet
- Nachbar
- Kommissar
- EU-Kommissarin
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Producer
Producer (TV)
Unit production manager
Location manager
Production coordinator
Original distributor
Shoot
- 22.10.2013 - 05.12.2013: Köln und Umgebung
Uraufführung (CH): 08.08.2014, Locarno, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 13.11.2014
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Die Einsamkeit des Killers vor dem Schuss
Versions
Original
Uraufführung (CH): 08.08.2014, Locarno, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 13.11.2014