Der Drücker (1986) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 3, 1986

Original Title:
Der Drücker

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
FFG Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft
ZDF

Production Countries:
Germany

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 

Runtime: 103

Tommy, 22 years old, is broke and in debt, still lives with his parents and is constantly arguing with his father. The young man wants to break out of this life and believes he has finally found the opportunity to do so. A job advertisement promising 400 marks a week seems tailor-made for him. He quickly makes the acquaintance of a pusher column run by Kalle. But Tommy's ideas of a free life are soon nipped in the bud: He works more than 12 hours a day, goes from door to door to sell magazine subscriptions, lives in a filthy shared room, experiences psychological violence. He leads a life like a slave. How can he get out of this hopeless situation?

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Assistant Camera:
Reiner Jonas

Assistant Director:
Werner Dauth

Assistant Editor:
Evelyn Schmidt

Assistant Unit Manager:
Claudia Voss

Costume Design:
Jutta Schwarzat

Director:
Uwe Frießner

Director of Photography:
Simon Kleebauer

Editor:
Sybille Windt

Makeup Artist:
Helga Gläser

Novel:
Andreas Blechner

Original Music Composer:
Theo Breiding

Producer:
Helmut Rasp
Rudi Kaufmann
Werner Melzer

Production Manager:
Rudi Kaufmann

Sound:
Elisabeth Mondi
Ronald Lichter
Klaus D. Wehling

Teleplay:
Bernhard Pfletschinger

Unit Manager:
Ute Ehmke

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