In a small Franconian town, Werner Wild enters Georg Baum's store and wants to become a baker. "I like to eat good bread" - that's all he knows how to say to the sales clerk Gisela. But under the wing of Master Baum, the newcomer quickly becomes familiar with the intricacies of bread and pastry making. Soon the loner Baum finds himself increasingly confronted with a changed economic environment.
Acting
Tauber and Lamprecht's wordless understanding hits harder than dialogue.
Direction
Keusch turns bread-making into existential theater.
Director
Erwin Keusch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 1977 West Germany, the film mirrors real anxieties about traditional trades collapsing under economic pressure — the 'Bäckerhandwerk' was genuinely threatened by industrial bakeries.
Bernd Tauber learned actual baking for the role and later claimed it was the only film work that left him with a usable skill. The bread in close-ups is all his.
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