Die Einsamkeit der Krokodile (2001)
Journalist Elias investigates the background to a suicide in a village in East Westphalia. Günther Sperl, son of the local butcher, has taken his own life after years of humiliation and despair. His oversensitive talent was not appreciated in the stuffy provincial atmosphere. Elias, who shares his fear of deviating from the "normal", feels a strong inner closeness to him and delves deeper and deeper into the outsider's past. During his research, he himself experiences the coldness and narrow-mindedness of the villagers.
- Date of release
- 2001-05-17
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (2)
- Director
- Jobst Oetzmann
Casting
- Janek Rieke — Elias
- Julia Jäger — Heike
- Rosemarie Fendel — Frau Sperl
- Renate Krößner — Friede
- Oliver Bröcker — J. Pellmann
Interesting facts
The Loneliness of the Crocodile is a German satiric crime film directed and produced by Jobst Oetzmann, based on a novel by Dirk Kurbjuweit. The director's first film for the cinema, it was filmed in 1999 and presented in 2000. It was a German contribution at the Cannes Film Festival, and was awarded the Bayerischer Filmpreis.
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