Slow Attack

1h 52min

Drama

Crime

Nik, a released prisoner who started writing in prison, wants to leave his past behind him, but refuses to contact his former girlfriend and her family. Under the name of his jail buddy Henry, he moves in with his pen pal - who has never seen him - and is always watched suspiciously by their roommate. Nik began writing in prison and now seeks contact with the literary culture, even though he feels disgusted by the pompous fuss of this society. He is not without talent and works on a novel in which he minutely describes the abduction of an industrialist. Henry gets shot at the prison breakout and visits Nik to get help from him. He likes his novel plot and wants to put it into action.

Production Companies

ZDF

Planet Film

Neue Bioskop Film

Cast

Rolf Zacher

Rolf Zacher

Henry Kirscher
Burkhard Driest

Burkhard Driest

Nick Dellmann
Kurt Raab

Kurt Raab

Maria Franz Beekenbrandt
Hark Bohm

Hark Bohm

TV-Moderator
Irm Hermann

Irm Hermann

Apothekerin
Horst Hesslein

Horst Hesslein

2. Gefängnisbeamter

Release date

31st Oct 1980

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Deutsch