Gun-shy ( Schussangst )

Gun-shy (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Schussangst
Screened, competed or awarded at:
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Dito Tsintsadze

Written By:
Dirk Kurbjuweit

Actors:
Fabian Hinrichs ..... Lukas Eiserbeck
Lavinia Wilson ..... Isabella
Johan Leysen ..... Romberg, Isabellas Stiefvater
Ingeborg Westphal ..... Sieveking
Rudolf W. Marnitz ..... Beckmann
Thorsten Merten ..... Krausser
Axel Prahl ..... 'Toter Mann' im Fluß
Christoph Waltz ..... Johannsen
Lena Stolze ..... Isabellas Mutter
Lasha Bakradze ..... Der Albaner
Ingrid Böttger
Artur Dunker
Lieselotte Ehler
Marika Giorgobiani
Dirk Kurbjuweit
Helga Petrasch
Herwig Ritter
Kurt Rümmler
Selim Ruppert
Anneliese Walter
Michael Weidt

Synopsis:

Georgian filmmaker Dmitriy Tsintsadze directs the psychological drama Gun-shy, based on a novel by Dirk Kurbjuweit. Rather than serve in the military, sensitive young Lukas (Fabian Hinrichs) opts to do community service in order to fulfill his government requirement. His duties involve delivering food to old people like the former prostitute Sieveking (Ingeborg Westphal) and the war veteran Beckmann (Rudolph W. Marnitz). One day on the bus, a strange young woman (Lavinia Wilson) slips him a note that reads "Help Me." He follows her, learns her name is Isabella, and discovers she's involved in an abusive relationship with her stepfather, Romberg (Johan Leysen). After Lukas finds out that Romberg is also a big-time motivational speaker, he's moved to do something about the situation. Director Tsintsadze also contributes to the original musical score. Gun-shy was shown at the 2003 Toronto Film Festival.

Psychological thriller. Lukas is fulfilling his national service by delivering meals to the elderly. He is lonely and disaffected, but when he meets and falls obsessively in love with Isabella, his life goes into a destructive spiral.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 08 October, 2008.