Directed by:
Michael GlawoggerCinematography:
Martin GschlachtComposer:
Walter W. CikanCast:
Paulus Manker, August Diehl, Andreas Kiendl, Jiří Datel Novotný, Kent Harper, Michael Ostrowski, Zdeňka Keclíková, Markus Schleinzer, Loretta Pflaum (more)Plots(1)
Sebastian is a rich slacker who has no respect for anyone or anything. His good looks make it easy for him to attract women, and he takes delight in treating them badly. Sebastian gets a kick out of manipulating people, of toying with them and messing up their lives. Always on the lookout for an opportunity to fool around with some weak-willed character, Sebastian likes to hang out in Vienna's seedy bars and coffee shops. He also makes avid use of the internet to meet young women he can impress with his overblown stories, some of which are true but most of which are a pack of lies. Primary school teacher Pia is his latest conquest – or is she merely a typical wallflower, always talking too much because she's nervous? But then Pia learns of the latest cruel blow administered by Sebastian and his sidekick, Alex, and, all at once, her relationship to Sebastian, which was beginning to get more serious, is in jeopardy. Sebastian and Alex have stolen identification papers from a helpless drunk lying on the street and transported him to Czechia. Their victim is a bedraggled alcoholic poet named Kallman. Pia decides to help this fallen man of letters who is now wandering about the wintry wilds of Czechia without the faintest idea of how to get himself out of this mess. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Paulus Manker
Austria
Best movies:
Lemmings, Part 1 - Arcades (1979) (TV movie)
Benny's Video (1992)
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
August Diehl
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Frau Ella (2013)
The Master and Margarita (2023)
Andreas Kiendl
Austria
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
Antares (2004)
The Fatherless (2011)
Jiří Datel Novotný
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
The Downfall of the Secluded Berhof (1983)
Kent Harper
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
Surveillance (2008)
Mindcage (2022)
Michael Ostrowski
Austria
Best movies:
Same Same But Different (2009)
Slumming (2006)
Look Who's Back (2015)
Zdeňka Keclíková
Best movies:
In nomine Patris (2004) (TV movie)
Oběti (1999) (series)
Slumming (2006)
Markus Schleinzer
Austria
Best movies:
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
Michael (2011)
Forever Never Anywhere (2007)
Loretta Pflaum
Austria
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
Meurtres en eaux troubles (2014) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Martina Zinner
Austria
Best movies:
The Bone Man (2009)
Slumming (2006)
Antares (2004)
Brigitte Kren
Austria
Best movies:
Import/Export (2007)
The Debt (2010)
Slumming (2006)
Elisabeth Scharang
Austria
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
Maria Bill
Switzerland
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
Vienna Blood (2019) (series)
Kathrin Resetarits
Austria
Best movies:
The Bone Man (2009)
Slumming (2006)
Visions of Europe (2004)
Deniz Cooper
Austria
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Slumming (2006)
Cold Hell (2017)
Pia Hierzegger
Austria
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
The Fatherless (2011)
Wild Mouse (2017)
Martina Poel
Austria
Lorenz Kabas
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
Life Eternal (2015)
Slugs (2004)
Alexander Tschernek
West Germany
Best movies:
The Collini Case (2019)
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Free Rainer (2007)
Peter Budil
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)