Das Andechser Gefühl (1975)
An anxious teacher (played, as is the lead role in all his films, by the director) sits in a beer garden on the hill of the Andechs monastery. While flies drown in his mug of beer, he confronts a life of failure: the wife he ignored, the child he neglected, the teaching duties he has shirked, and his doomed efforts at winning tenure from school officials. Only a dream from the past-the memory of a former liaison with a film star with whom he shared "the Andechs feeling, a feeling that we are not alone" - provides sustenance. Despite an unexpected series of events, longing in Achternbusch's world ultimately remains stronger than fulfilment and thirst better than beer.
Director: Herbert Achternbusch
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Herbert Achternbusch as Teacher |
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Margarethe von Trotta as |
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Barbara Gass as Wife |
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Ingrid Gailhofer as Kellnerin |
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Alois Hitzenbichler as Alois |
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Walter Sedlmayr as |
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Reinhard Hauff as |
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Judit Achternbusch as |
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Heinz Braun as |
| Production | Joschi Arpa | Production Manager |
| Directing | Herbert Achternbusch | Director |
| Camera | Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein | Director of Photography |
| Production | Eberhard Junkersdorf | Producer |
| Writing | Herbert Achternbusch | Writer |
| Editing | Karin Fischer | Editor |