Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (1972)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Wim Wenders

Writers:

Peter Handke (novel)
Peter Handke (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 January 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Plot:

A goalkeeper Josef Bloch is ejected during a game for foul play. He leaves the field and goes to spend the night with a cinema cashier. He then proceeds to strangle her the morning after. |

Plot Keywords:

Football | Murder | Based On Novel

Cast

Arthur Brauss	...	Joseph Bloch
Kai Fischer	...	Hertha Gabler
Erika Pluhar	...	Gloria
Libgart Schwarz	...	Maid
Marie Bardischewski	...	Kellnerin (as Maria Bardischewski)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sybille Danzer	...	Hairdresser
Rosl Dorena	...	Woman in bus
Bert Fortell	...	Customs official
Edda Köchl	...	Girl in Vienna
Mario Kranz	...	School janitor
Ernst Meister	...	Tax inspector
Monika Poeschl	...	Hairdresser
Michael Toost	...	Salesman
Rüdiger Vogler	...	Idiot
Wim Wenders	...	Man Walking through Vienna Bus Station

Also Known As:

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (USA)
The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (UK)
The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty Kick (UK)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

West Germany | Austria

Language:

German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Vienna, Austria

Company:

Filmverlag der Autoren

Movie Connections:

References Red Line 7000 (1965)

Maybe the best movie I've seen in my life

I just want to say that this movie, when I watched it first time long ago, opened the doors of what cinema could say, in which ways, and how it could go as far as possible from a typical theatrical or literary (linear,logical, rational) treatment of its artistic matter; pursuing a more "musical" or "harmonically oriented" approach.

Wenders develops this work as a series of "climates" or ambiances(we're talking "street" climates and ambiances, sometimes ugly or ridiculous; not that silly "grandeur" that spoils so many artworks) that contain valuable, almost satirical remarks on the "cheating" that our expectations and concepts are constantly playing to our minds.

The particular sense of humor and drama of the script writer and the director just hit a string on me; as did the musical score. I only regret that is very difficult to find plays or to purchase any copies, in any format, of this strange gem here in Argentina. I could watch it only twice, in cultural centers at Buenos Aires, which is not my hometown. This is a movie that you can enjoy over and over, as if it were a musical masterpiece. I'd like to point out that I'm not a native English speaker, so I apologize if my writing style is not quite correct.