Cold War caffeine smuggling on a 10-minute train ride. What could go wrong?
At the height of the cold war in the divided country of Germany, several individuals try to smuggle 'real' coffee from West Berlin into East Germnany via train, despite the erstwhile efforts of security guards trying to prevent them doing so.
Direction
Rasper wrings Hitchcock tension from coffee beans.
Production
Period-perfect GDR gloom on micro-budget.
Director
Ingo Rasper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real coffee was genuine luxury in East Germany; citizens often drank 'muckefuck,' a roasted grain substitute. The film's stakes are historically absurd yet painfully accurate.
Rasper made this as a film school exercise. It won multiple festival awards and launched his career.
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