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Status
Released
Release
2018
Runtime
1h 41m
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The film is set in the near future, in a world of perfect capitalism. Society is sustained by a class of top achievers; meanwhile, so-called minimum recipients live under sedation in Fortresses of Sleep. The great majority of top achievers view themselves as happy. An outsourced agency has been established for the rest: Life Guidance is charged with turning these individuals into optimal people as well. Alexander has internalized the system but one wrong word to his child triggers Life Guidance. He starts to rebel and encounters the horror of the system in all its brightness and affability.
25 Cast Members
Fritz Karl
Alexander Dworsky
Katharina Lorenz
Anna Dworsky
Nicolas Jarosch
Franz Dworky
Petra Morzé
Iris Brauer
Kristina Bangert
Bankangestellte
Rainer Egger
Buchhalter
Arno Frisch
Harter Kollege
Peter Knaack
Bester Freund
Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly
Der Lustige
Florian Teichtmeister
Gregor Fainmann
Alexander Strobele
Hans Georg Croy
Udo Samel
Grundherr
Johann Adam Oest
Mann mit Pelzbezug
Miriam Fontaine
Empfangsdame
Angelika Strahser
Ergotherapeutin
Arno Frisch
Patrick
Martin Niedermair
Der Dynamische
Martin Zauner
Gutachter
Martin Hemmer
Walter
Maria Lohn
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