A Hitman's Solitude Before the Shot

A Hitman's Solitude Before the Shot

80 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | Nov. 13, 2014

The over-ambitious Koralnik has a dream job: he is a contract killer for a secret EU programme. But even eight years after his training he still hasn't had a single hit. Bored and frustrated, he lives according to the programme's strict rules - withdrawn, no social contact and constantly undercover. One day, the shy Rosa crashes into his car and life. Before he knows it, Koralnik is having dinner with her. For the first time, he can flee his everyday misery for an evening of company. But then the telephone rings. It's Koralnik's first job. With Rosa alongside, Koralnik sets off on a chaotic odyssey through a night in which nothing goes according to plan. It is only when Koralnik's target is revealed to be none other than one of his colleagues that the rigid concept by which he lives finally comes into question. He is confronted with the dilemma of either protecting his secret programme or drawing a line under his unfulfilled existence as a killer.

A Hitman's Solitude Before the Shot

80 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | Nov. 13, 2014

A Hitman's Solitude Before the Shot
The over-ambitious Koralnik has a dream job: he is a contract killer for a secret EU programme. But even eight years after his training he still hasn't had a single hit. Bored and frustrated, he lives according to the programme's strict rules - withdrawn, no social contact and constantly undercover. One day, the shy Rosa crashes into his car and life. Before he knows it, Koralnik is having dinner with her. For the first time, he can flee his everyday misery for an evening of company. But then the telephone rings. It's Koralnik's first job. With Rosa alongside, Koralnik sets off on a chaotic odyssey through a night in which nothing goes according to plan. It is only when Koralnik's target is revealed to be none other than one of his colleagues that the rigid concept by which he lives finally comes into question. He is confronted with the dilemma of either protecting his secret programme or drawing a line under his unfulfilled existence as a killer.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers ZDF, HUPE Film- & Fernsehproduktion
Original title Die Einsamkeit des Killers vor dem Schuss
Directors Florian Mischa Böder
Writers Clemente Fernandez-Gil, Florian Mischa Böder

Cast

Benno Fürmann

as Koralnik

Mavie Hörbiger

as Rosa

Wolf Roth

as Van Haarten

Erik Madsen

as Olsen

Yung Ngo

as Student

Ivan Shvedoff

as Jassen

Daniel Drewes

as Nachbar

Rolf Berg

as Kommissar

Jasin Challah

as Bjarne

Michael Gugel

as Vater

Charlotte Bohning

as EU-Kommissarin

Tuan Dodge

as Soldat