Wolfsburg (2003) Online
Philipp Gerber is a smart, but self-satisfied car salesman. In an inattentive moment at the wheel of his car, he runs over a young boy riding a bike and drives away. As he has feelings of guilt, he tries to find out more about the accident's victim and learns that the boy lies seriously injured in a hospital. Philipp wants to tell his mother Laura Reiser the truth, but he doesn't. After a carefree holiday with his girlfriend Katja, he learns that the boy is dead. Meanwhile, Laura staggers between grief and the desire for revenge. One evening, she can't bear it any more and jumps off a bridge, but Philipp saves her life...
Cast overview: | |||
Benno Fürmann | - | Philipp Gerber | |
Nina Hoss | - | Laura Reiser | |
Antje Westermann | - | Katja | |
Astrid Meyerfeldt | - | Vera | |
Matthias Matschke | - | Scholz | |
Soraya Sala | - | Françoise (as Soraya Gomaa) | |
Stephan Kampwirth | - | Klaus | |
Martin Aaron Müseler | - | Paul Reiser (as Martin Müseler) | |
Anna Priese | - | Antonia | |
Florian Panzner | - | Polizist | |
André Szymanski | - | Der Neue | |
Peter Kurth | - | Oliver | |
Simone von Zglinicki | - | Krankenschwester | |
Margarita Broich | - | Psychologin | |
Sven Pippig | - | Schrotthändler |
The plot is nearly identical to Claude Chabrol's Que la bête meure (1969), only the setting and some characters are different. Neither the original novel by Nicholas Blake nor the screenplay by Claude Chabrol and Paul Gégauff are credited as a source.
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