Planet Ottakring (2015)
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Michael Steinocher, Cornelia Gröschel, Sebastian Wendelin, Serkan Kaya, Susi Stach
After Ottakring’s last godfather dies, his heir Sammy joins forces with researcher Valerie against a loan shark trying to take over the district.
The story
When Disko, Ottakring’s last “godfather,” dies, his heir Sammy is left amid a struggle for power. A small-time Viennese crook and ladies’ man, Sammy deals marijuana and studies economics at his communist grandfather’s suggestion. Loan shark Frau Jahn and her henchmen are trying to seize control and terrorize the district. Valerie, a German economics student, comes to Vienna’s 16th district to research its shadow economy for a university paper. She joins forces with Sammy and his friends in an alliance against Jahn.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Disko, the last “godfather” of Ottakring, dies. His heir is Sammy, a small-time Viennese crook and ladies’ man with a gift for banter and an oversized sense of self-confidence, but a good heart. He deals marijuana and is always up for a flirt. On the side, at the suggestion of his communist grandfather, a former accountant, he studies economics. Loan shark Frau Jahn tries to seize power with her henchmen and terrorizes the district. Valerie, a German economics student, wants to write a university paper on the “shadow economy in the European subproletariat” and chooses the “social hot spot of the Austrians,” Vienna’s 16th district, as the subject of her research. Together with Sammy and his friends, she forms an alliance against Frau Jahn. In the process, they discover an economic system from which everyone could benefit. They introduce a local currency and print red “Communist hundreds” from old schilling notes. A romance develops between Sammy and Valerie.
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