Georg is a writer hoping for his big breakthrough. When he meets the unemployed Alois, he recognizes in him the novel material he has been so desperately searching for. Alois has a strange habit: he entangles his fellow human beings in absurd situations seemingly without meaning. Georg decides to get to the bottom of Alois' behavior and gets caught up in a chain of such bizarre, embarrassing and threatening events that he soon finds himself in over his head.
Georg Allacher
Martin
Michael Fuith
Alois Meier
Simon Hatzl
Georg Mach
Lilian Klebow
Tessi
Georg is a writer hoping for his big breakthrough. When he meets the unemployed Alois, he recognizes in him the novel material he has been so desperately searching for. Alois has a strange habit: he entangles his fellow human beings in absurd situations seemingly without meaning. Georg decides to get to the bottom of Alois' behavior and gets caught up in a chain of such bizarre, embarrassing and threatening events that he soon finds himself in over his head.
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