Aufzug ( 2012 )

Overview

The story is set some time in the past, or maybe some time in the future. Given a time-frame, we would say somewhere between the American moonwalk, and Coca- Cola's serious ambition to turn the moon into an advertising logo. Our central character, the young lift operator, is formed by experience into cynicism, detachment, and apathy. The story builds to its crescendo: of public outrage and state crackdown; the banality of commercial interest and the monumental rape of nature. Set in a large newspaper office, the Lift is a place of relative safety. But floor by floor, with each passenger in his or her tableau, the atmosphere of mayhem seeps in. Finally our young character leaves the situation, far-gone in hopelessness and disinterest.

Top Cast

Daniel-Frantisek Kamen

Sven

Tomas Spencer

Albert

Robert Baum

Assistant Müller

Philip Brehse

Otto

Manuel Däbritz

Hoffmeister

Daniel Faust

Police Officer

Maximilian Gehrlinger

Liftboy 2

Christian Harting

Commissar

Benjamin Heinrich

Assistant Koffer

Matthew Koudys

Respectable Male

Sylvie Krause-Grégoire

Patrycia

Stephanie Krogmann

Respectable female

Holger Liedtke

Herr Bornemann

Robin Meisner

Liftboy

Klaus A. Müller

Old Man

Bernd S. Rositzka

Gustav

Rebekka Suninen

Erika

Ralf Ufer

Worker

Paul Weismann

Redakteur

Felix Zühkle

Johannes