Katze im Sack
Let the cat out of the bag
A waitress named Doris returns to her seat on the train only to find Karl sitting there. How irritating. Not only does this well-dressed and rather ballsy guy burst into her compartment and then, later on, into her karaoke bar, he also interferes in her rather peculiar relationship with an ageing voyeur named Brockmann.
For when Doris gets off the train in Leipzig, Karl makes a snap decision to follow her. Although drawn to each other, Karl are Doris are somehow trapped in their clear-cut roles. Neither of them is prepared to let the cat out of the bag. And yet, neither has anything to lose – except for an unusual bet that takes them through a long, adventurous night of drunken karaoke singers, lascivious sisters and solicitous pimps.
"Our film has often been described as ‘current’. But that’s rubbish. We set out to tell a story that affects us all, that deals with the things that preoccupy many a thirtysomething: loneliness; relationships or rather the fear of being in a relationship, and the fear of experiencing loss. Something we definitely did not set out to do was make a cool film that contains some message about our generation’s inability to commit. It’s much more compelling to look behind the social context at the real subjects: love, death and loneliness. And I’m not interested in conveying a message. I think it’s more fascinating by far to develop an attitude to these recurring themes." (Florian Schwarz)
Source: 55. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Doris
- Karl
- Brockmann
- Sandro
- Zuhälter
- Barkeeper Roy
- Elisa
- Nele
- Dirk Meinhardt
- Petra Meinhardt
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
Co-author
Script editor
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Optical effects
Still photography
Lighting design
Set design
Prop master
Construction manager
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Assistant editor
Sound
Sound assistant
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Casting
Music
Cast
- Doris
- Karl
- Brockmann
- Sandro
- Zuhälter
- Barkeeper Roy
- Elisa
- Nele
- Dirk Meinhardt
- Petra Meinhardt
- Mandy
- Postbote
- Martina
- Typ
- Typ
- Typ
Production company
in co-production with
Producer (TV)
Producer
Line producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Original distributor
Shoot
- Januar 2004 - März 2004: Leipzig
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 11.03.2005, 101814, ab 16 Jahre, feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 20.01.2005, Saarbrücken, Max-Ophüls-Preis;
Kinostart (DE): 14.04.2005, Berlin, Kino in der Kulturbrauerai;
TV-Erstsendung: 02.05.2007, Arte
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Katze im Sack
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 11.03.2005, 101814, ab 16 Jahre, feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 20.01.2005, Saarbrücken, Max-Ophüls-Preis;
Kinostart (DE): 14.04.2005, Berlin, Kino in der Kulturbrauerai;
TV-Erstsendung: 02.05.2007, Arte
Awards
- FIRST STEPS Award, Abendfüllender Spielfilm