Picknick im Schnee (1999)

Plot Summary

Johannes Breutigam, a successful architect, is confronted with his real life on a New Year's Eve. His wife is cheating on him, his partner Losfeld has betrayed him and his company is on the verge of bankruptcy. Deeply depressed and desperate, he rents a hotel room on the 32nd floor. He writes a farewell letter to his wife and opens the window to jump into the depths. A young woman is standing on the window sill next door, apparently up to the same thing. With the promise to spend the last evening of the year with her, he manages to save her and himself for the time being. This is the beginning of a strange, romantic, comical story that takes place on a single New Year's Eve and in which two people change their lives

Full Cast & Characters

Matthias Habich

Johannes Breutigam

Chiara Schoras

Frankie

Barbara Auer

Claudia Breutigam

Karin Düwel

Taxifahrerin

Werner Dissel

Mann mit Decke

Michael Kind

Zivilfahnder Olaf Becker

Peter von Strombeck

Menken

Henriette Gonnermann

Mitarbeiterin von Johannes

Ruth Nimbach

Peter Hausmann

Director & Crew

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