Quintessential Directors: Barry Jenkins
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
Bankgeheimnisse
Horst Valfelt, deputy manager of a medium-sized bank branch in West Berlin, is passed over for promotion. A woman is put in front of him as branch manager. A serious blow to Valfelt's career. One day, his former fellow student Thomas Berthold appears at the bank. He has achieved everything Valfelt dreams of: a degree, a highly remunerated and influential position and an attractive wife. Berthold wants to start his own business and asks for a loan. Valfelt cockily promises to get him a loan on particularly favorable terms.
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Horst Valfelt, deputy manager of a medium-sized bank branch in West Berlin, is passed over for promotion. A woman is put in front of him as branch manager. A serious blow to Valfelt's career. One day, his former fellow student Thomas Berthold appears at the bank. He has achieved everything Valfelt dreams of: a degree, a highly remunerated and influential position and an attractive wife. Berthold wants to start his own business and asks for a loan. Valfelt cockily promises to get him a loan on particularly favorable terms.
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Genre:Drama
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Studio:ARD, Sender Freies Berlin
Cast
Frank Strecker
Director
Hans Peter Korff
Horst Valfelt
Volkert Kraeft
Thomas Berthold
Sabine Postel
Ulrike Berthold
Evelyn Gressmann
Frau Bauer
Elisabeth Rath
Helga Nagler
Klaus Herm
Herr Gutbrodt
Rainer Hunold
Herr Haubner
Hans-Jürgen Schatz
Herr Wiesner
Alexander Radszun
Jürgen Rast
Friedrich W. Bauschulte
Herr Groth
Dieter Wagner
Dr. Zimmer
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