Director: Carl Schenkel
Script: Carl Schenkel
Photography: Jacques Stein
Editor: Norbert Herzner
Music: Jacques Zwart
Cast: Götz George, Renée Soutendijk, Wolfgang Kieling, Hannes Jaenicke, Klaus Wennemann, Ralf Richter, Kurt Raab, Jan Groth
Producer: Erwin Mäkelberg
Production: Laura Film/Mutoskop/Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion
Awards: Deutscher Filmpreis (Filmband in Gold) 1985 an Götz George für seine darstellerischen Leistungen
German Distribution: Tele Norm Film
Tel: + 49 89 998 4400
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Four people stuck in the elevator of an office building on a Friday evening. When no one responds to their desperate calls they're trapped for the weekend. Each rescue attempt only makes things worse. Reduced to one small playing field and executed with formal perfection, this high-anxiety psychothriller relies on the psychology of the characters for its nerve-wracking tension. Spectacular stunts and gripping performances round out this extraordinary film event for which Götz George was awarded the National Film Prize in Gold.