Hidden Reserves
The insurance salesman Vincent Baumann, a cold-blooded careerist and minion of a merciless system, becomes a victim of the very corporations he is representing. Degraded to a henchman he grimly struggles to get back on the job market. He fights to climb the social ladder. In the process he realizes that there are other values than income and success. He decides against his previous ideology and for another human being, for Lisa Sokulowa. They don’t have a future. But they celebrate a small triumph against the dominance of the ruling system.
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The insurance salesman Vincent Baumann, a cold-blooded careerist and minion of a merciless system, becomes a victim of the very corporations he is representing. Degraded to a henchman he grimly struggles to get back on the job market. He fights to climb the social ladder. In the process he realizes that there are other values than income and success. He decides against his previous ideology and for another human being, for Lisa Sokulowa. They don’t have a future. But they celebrate a small triumph against the dominance of the ruling system.
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Genre:Drama, Science Fiction
Written By:Valentin Hitz
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Runtime:96 minutes
Studio:FreibeuterFilm, Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion
Cast
Valentin Hitz
Director
Clemens Schick
Vincent Baumann
Lena Lauzemis
Lisa
Daniel Olbrychski
Wladimir Sokulow
Marion Mitterhammer
Diana Dorn
Marcus Signer
Gerhard Frei
Jaschka Lämmert
Maria Dietrich
Simon Schwarz
Johannes Dietrich
Stipe Erceg
Philipp Kessler
Dagmar Koller
Eleny Hoffmansthal
Stefan Matousch
Vizedirektor
David Oberkogler
Versicherungsagent
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