High Speed

High Speed

87 mins | July 24, 1986

In a fast-paced action film with an international backdrop, an unsuspecting Edith (Mireille Perrier) goes to Frankfurt to work for a German friend who is investigating some illegalities in the transportation industry. After Edith arrives, her friend leaves for Berlin, so Edith goes to stay at the house her friend shares with a second-generation German-Turkish woman. Meanwhile, Gordon (Bruce Thurman) is out photographing some journalists armed with video cameras who are spying on a wealthy honcho in the trucking business. He accidentally follows Edith and photographs her, then ends up saving her from some attackers. The dramatic action intensifies as questions arise about what certain trucks are carrying into Germany, what Edith's friend has to do with exposing the cargo on those trucks, and whether or not Edith will remain an unscathed, innocent by-stander.

High Speed

87 mins | July 24, 1986

High Speed
In a fast-paced action film with an international backdrop, an unsuspecting Edith (Mireille Perrier) goes to Frankfurt to work for a German friend who is investigating some illegalities in the transportation industry. After Edith arrives, her friend leaves for Berlin, so Edith goes to stay at the house her friend shares with a second-generation German-Turkish woman. Meanwhile, Gordon (Bruce Thurman) is out photographing some journalists armed with video cameras who are spying on a wealthy honcho in the trucking business. He accidentally follows Edith and photographs her, then ends up saving her from some attackers. The dramatic action intensifies as questions arise about what certain trucks are carrying into Germany, what Edith's friend has to do with exposing the cargo on those trucks, and whether or not Edith will remain an unscathed, innocent by-stander.
Producers Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, FFA, Ministère de la Culture, Orca Productions, Frankfurter Filmwerkstätten, Avidia Films
Original title High Speed
Directors Michel Kaptur, Monique Dartonne
Writers Michel Kaptur, Olivier Douyère, Monique Dartonne

Cast

Mireille Perrier

as Edith

Bruce Thurman

as Pulitzer

Reinhard Kolldehoff

as Le trafiquant

Peter Schlesinger

as Greppser

Ulrike Schirm

as Inge Berg

Lutz Weidlich

as L'associét du trafiquant

Sevgi Özdamar

as Melike

Heinz Erle

as Le vieil homme

Andreas Wellano

as Le producteur TV

Karl Kneidl

as L'homme à la jaguar

Liora Hilb

as La barmaid

Keyvan Dahesch

as L'aveugle