Hoschek, the former bank branch manager's deputy, returns to his parents' empty apartment and practices the fine art of failure amidst Donauland suggestion books, large-patterned curtains and a rather out-of-tune piano. After losing his job and ending his marriage, the anti-hero played by Alfred Dorfer reviews his life. Heinz Hoschek constantly oscillates between bitter irony and self-pity, between imagination and reality, between a hopeful then and his now, which can only be endured with increased consumption of alcohol and Valium. No doubt about it: the man is an underachiever.
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Alfred Dorfer
Hoschek
Known for
India
Gertraud Jesserer
Mama Hoschek
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Michou Friesz
Karin Weichselbaumer
Known for
Woman of the Dead
Dead in 3 Days
Nicholas Ofczarek
Gastwirt
Known for
Pagan Peak
Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps
Martin Brambach
Known for
The Counterfeiters
The Lives of Others
Peter Payer Director
First release November 18, 2004 · Produced in Austria
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Austria
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 18, 2004
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No release date listed for United States.
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