A woman dies in the morning in a mysterious accident on an empty highway. Her son survives seriously injured. Since the mother had taken out a large life insurance policy shortly beforehand, suicide is suspected. Insurance employee Marlies Heidorn investigates the matter. She soon comes dangerously close to another vehicle owner...
Acting
Silke Bodenbender carries grief like a second skin.
Production
Bleak highway cinematography that makes the autobahn feel haunted.
Director
Urs Egger
Silke Bodenbender
Marlies Heidorn
Felix Eitner
Ulli Heidorn
Henry Hübchen
Schültke
Dirk Borchardt
Fuchs
Axel Milberg
Van Loon
Ruth Reinecke
Barbara Tries
Michael Brandner
Hombach
Steffen Groth
Achim
Michael Sideris
Achim
Hans-Jörg Assmann
Borchart
George Lenz
Fotograf Hornbach
Maxim Kovalevski
Ukrainischer Zeuge
Axel Buchholz
ADAC Techniker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references Goethe's poem where a father races death itself—here, the highway replaces the horse.
Egger shot on actual German autobahns during grey dawn hours to capture that specific post-reunification melancholia.
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