An anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a beer garden on the hill of the Andechs monastery. While flies drown in his mug of beer, he confronts a life of failure: the wife he ignored, the child he neglected, the teaching duties he has shirked, and his doomed efforts at winning tenure from school officials. Only a dream from the past-the memory of a former liaison with a film star with whom he shared "the Andechs feeling, a feeling that we are not alone" - provides sustenance. Despite an unexpected series of events, longing in Achternbusch's world ultimately remains stronger than fulfilment and thirst better than beer.
Stars: Herbert Achternbusch, Margarethe von Trotta, Barbara Gass, Ingrid Gailhofer, Alois Hitzenbichler, Walter Sedlmayr
Crew: Joschi Arpa (Production Manager), Herbert Achternbusch (Director), Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein (Director of Photography), Eberhard Junkersdorf (Producer), Herbert Achternbusch (Writer), Karin Fischer (Editor)
Country: Germany
Language: Deutsch
Studio: Neue Bioskop Film
Runtime: 68 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 18, 1975
IMDb: 5
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