Directed by:
Michael GlawoggerCinematography:
Martin GschlachtComposer:
Walter W. CikanCast:
Paulus Manker, August Diehl, Andreas Kiendl, Jiří Datel Novotný, Kent Harper, Michael Ostrowski, Zdeňka Keclíková, Markus Schleinzer, Loretta Pflaum (more)Plots(1)
Sebastian is a rich slacker who has no respect for anyone or anything. His good looks make it easy for him to attract women, and he takes delight in treating them badly. Sebastian gets a kick out of manipulating people, of toying with them and messing up their lives. Always on the lookout for an opportunity to fool around with some weak-willed character, Sebastian likes to hang out in Vienna's seedy bars and coffee shops. He also makes avid use of the internet to meet young women he can impress with his overblown stories, some of which are true but most of which are a pack of lies. Primary school teacher Pia is his latest conquest – or is she merely a typical wallflower, always talking too much because she's nervous? But then Pia learns of the latest cruel blow administered by Sebastian and his sidekick, Alex, and, all at once, her relationship to Sebastian, which was beginning to get more serious, is in jeopardy. Sebastian and Alex have stolen identification papers from a helpless drunk lying on the street and transported him to Czechia. Their victim is a bedraggled alcoholic poet named Kallman. Pia decides to help this fallen man of letters who is now wandering about the wintry wilds of Czechia without the faintest idea of how to get himself out of this mess. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Paulus Manker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307303_451e6c.jpg)
Paulus Manker
Austria
Best movies:
Lemmings, Part 1 - Arcades (1979) (TV movie)
Benny's Video (1992)
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
![August Diehl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/778/162778239_eb30c1.png)
August Diehl
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Frau Ella (2013)
The Master and Margarita (2023)
![Andreas Kiendl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/257/167257114_7b90ad.jpg)
Andreas Kiendl
Austria
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
Antares (2004)
The Fatherless (2011)
![Jiří Datel Novotný](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/467/467361_b80ecb.jpg)
Jiří Datel Novotný
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
The Downfall of the Secluded Berhof (1983)
![Kent Harper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279495_7dc193.jpg)
Kent Harper
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
Surveillance (2008)
Mindcage (2022)
![Michael Ostrowski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/737/167737028_e9pslk.jpg)
Michael Ostrowski
Austria
Best movies:
Same Same But Different (2009)
Slumming (2006)
Look Who's Back (2015)
Zdeňka Keclíková
Best movies:
In nomine Patris (2004) (TV movie)
Oběti (1999) (series)
Slumming (2006)
![Markus Schleinzer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/374/374558_23784d.jpg)
Markus Schleinzer
Austria
Best movies:
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
Michael (2011)
Forever Never Anywhere (2007)
![Loretta Pflaum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/154/160154322_68685c.jpg)
Loretta Pflaum
Austria
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
Die Toten vom Bodensee (2014) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Martina Zinner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/896/159896789_037b6e.jpg)
Martina Zinner
Austria
Best movies:
The Bone Man (2009)
Slumming (2006)
Antares (2004)
![Brigitte Kren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/714/161714627_d5b0e9.jpg)
Brigitte Kren
Austria
Best movies:
Import/Export (2007)
The Debt (2010)
Slumming (2006)
Elisabeth Scharang
Austria
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
Maria Bill
Switzerland
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
Vienna Blood (2019) (series)
![Kathrin Resetarits](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/502/162502217_6d6268.png)
Kathrin Resetarits
Austria
Best movies:
The Bone Man (2009)
Slumming (2006)
Visions of Europe (2004)
![Deniz Cooper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/259/162259512_d1a39a.jpg)
Deniz Cooper
Austria
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Slumming (2006)
Cold Hell (2017)
![Pia Hierzegger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279876_28b592.jpg)
Pia Hierzegger
Austria
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
The Fatherless (2011)
Wild Mouse (2017)
![Martina Poel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/722/166722632_f28941.jpg)
Martina Poel
Austria
Lorenz Kabas
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)
Life Eternal (2015)
Slugs (2004)
Alexander Tschernek
West Germany
Best movies:
The Collini Case (2019)
Hannah Arendt (2012)
Free Rainer (2007)
Peter Budil
Best movies:
Slumming (2006)