Schwarzfahrer (1996)
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Lukas Resetarits, Andreas Lust, Roswitha Meyer, Sandra Cervik, Walter Sachers
An architecture student’s attempt to earn money as a fake tram inspector draws him into Vienna’s criminal underworld.
The story
Set in Vienna, the film follows Thomas, an architecture student whose girlfriend Claudia asks him to contribute toward their household expenses. Looking for a way to earn money, he poses as a tram inspector and encounters Erich, who says he is a genuine inspector but is also a crook. Erich asks Thomas for a favor, pulling the two men into shady dealings and Vienna’s criminal underworld, where they cross paths with a crime boss. The setup follows their attempts to get money, as Thomas’s scheme quickly becomes entangled with Erich’s criminal activity.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Set in Vienna, the film tells the story of Thomas, an architecture student. One day, his girlfriend Claudia asks him to contribute toward the household expenses. Thomas then tries to make money by posing as a fake tram inspector. There he runs into Erich of all people, who claims to be a real inspector but turns out to be a crook too. Erich asks Thomas for a favor that entangles them both in shady dealings and leads them into Vienna’s criminal underworld, where they cross paths with a crime boss. The film depicts the two men’s desperate attempts to get hold of some money somehow—even by making porn films. Thomas is eventually left by Claudia, who can no longer bear to watch her boyfriend’s slow decline.
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