Höhenstraße (2016)
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Nicholas Ofczarek, Raimund Wallisch, Klaus Rott, Inge Maux, Doris Schretzmayer, David Oberkogler, Olivier Mukuta, Franziska Hackl
Two fake police officers who prey on motorists at night find their extortion scheme spiraling after an unexpected arrest.
The story
Roli and Ferdinand once worked together at a security company, but now make their living as modern-day highwaymen. At night on Vienna’s Höhenstraße, they pose as police officers and extort money from motorists accused of offenses including speeding, drug possession, sex in a parking lot, and drunk driving. One late-night interrogation takes an unexpected turn when they stop Uku, a young Black African refugee, and his Austrian friend Robert, who are both drunk. The encounter leads to an unplanned arrest, and the pair take Uku and Robert away intending to extort ransom from their families.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Roli and Ferdinand once worked together at a security company. Now they make their living as modern-day highwaymen, stopping motorists at night on Vienna’s Höhenstraße while posing as police officers with fake ID badges, and extorting money from them for offenses such as speeding, drugs, having sex in a parking lot, and drunk driving. A late-night interrogation of a young Black African refugee named Uku and his Austrian friend Robert, both of them drunk, leads to an unplanned arrest. Roli and Ferdinand take the two men away to extort ransom from their families. Everyone tries to cheat everyone else; in the end, Uku is dead, and Robert’s sister makes off with the ransom on her own.
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