Helmut and Sabine Halm have always managed vacations of lazy privacy at their favorite retreat on Germany′s Lake Constance. So when the energetic, handsome Klaus Buch turns up with his beautiful girlfriend Helene, Helmut is quite ready to dismiss this dimly familiar acquaintance. But Klaus is overjoyed to recognize his old schoolmate Helmut, eager to recall every incident of their shared time, and to display every detail of this successful lifestyle as a fit sportsman and author. The precious days of privacy give way to an unwanted and awkward intimacy, as the Buchs and the Halms hike, dine and sail together. Their joint activities aggravate myriad psychological tensions among the four characters, which are all the more intensely ironic for their peaceful veneer and which must eventually erupt.
Ralf Hertwig
Screenplay
Rainer Kaufmann
Director
Kathrin Richter
Screenplay
Rikolt von Gagern
Producer
Annette Focks
Original Music Composer
Klaus Eichhammer
Director of Photography
Katja Riemann
Sabine
Ulrich Tukur
Klaus
Ulrich Noethen
Helmut
Petra Schmidt-Schaller
Helene
Jan Messutat
Mann der Wasserwacht
