The Praying Mantis (2001)
Die Gottesanbeterin
Trixi Jancik leads a risky double life. At home, she is an obedient housewife. But when she puts on a disguise and goes to the racetrack to indulge in her secret passion, she catches a glimpse of a better life. Although she blows her grocery money, she has tasted the kind of luxury she can normally only dream about. A minor squabble at home brings the situation to a head and marks a turning point in her life: Trixi fixes her husband a lethal cocktail of pills.
- Date of release
- 2001-03-08
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Thriller, Comedy
- Director
- Paul Harather
Casting
- Christiane Hörbiger — Beatrix 'Trixi' Jancik / Schernthaler
- Udo Kier — Julius Quellenreich
- Jan Niklas — Ulrich Stein
- Peter Faerber — Karli
- Ursula Koban — Isi Köcker
- Simon Schwarz — Heli Jancik
- Klaus Ofczarek — Siggi
- Gerhard Ernst — Wolfgang Schernthaler
- Tanja Petrovsky — Gabi Jancik
- Peter Hugo — Charles
- Rainer Egger — Spieler
- Margarethe Tiesel — Mutter im Stiegenhaus
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