Synopsis
Lothar Schramm is a polite, neighborly cab driver who makes an honest living. Sometimes he invites callers in for cognac, such as a couple who come to his door seeking to tell him about Jesus. Later he might slit their throats and assemble their bodies in suggestive poses. He lives next door to a young, beautiful prostitute named Marianne, with whom he is smitten. Schramm is lonely. His sex life is seriously deranged, with various expressions, and his social life is nonexistent. He whitewashes bloodstains from his murders off the walls of his flat. When Marianne is invited by some affluent gentlemen clients to a villa outside of town, she asks Schramm to chauffeur her so she'll be safe. He accepts and afterward invites her to a friendly dinner, ignoring his desire for her. He takes her back to his flat, where he drugs, strips, and photographs her. He masturbates over her naked body. The next day Marianne rings at his door for a lift, but Schramm does not answer. He has fallen from a ladder while painting over the blood on his walls and dies. His head has cracked on the floor. The last passage shows Marianne in the villa outside of town, attired like aCast
*Florian Koerner von Gustorf as Lothar Schramm *Monika M. as Marianne *Micha Brendel as Der Gläubige *Carolina Harnisch as Die Gläubige *Xaver Schwarzenberger as Älterer Herr 1 *Gerd Horvath as Älterer Herr 2 *Michael Brynntrup as Jesus *Franz Rodenkirchen as Zahnarzt *Anne Presting as Zahnärztin *Eddi Zacharias as Liebhaber *Michael Romahn as Selbstmörder *Volker Hauptvogel as KellnerBackground
The film opens with a quote by American serial killerReferences
* Kerekes, D. (1998). ''Sex, Murder, Art: The Films of Jörg Buttgereit''. Manchester: HEADPRESS. * Koven, M. J. (2007). Buttgereit's Poetics: 'Schramm' as a Cinema of Poetry. In Hantke, S. ''Caligari's Heirs: The German Cinema of Fear after 1945''. pp. 185–197. Lanham, Maryland, Toronto, Plymouth UK: The Scarecrow Press Inc. * Stiglegger, M. (2007). "Good News From the Underground: A Conversation with Jörg Buttgereit." In Hantke, S. ''Caligari's Heirs: The German Cinema of Fear after 1945''. pp. 219–226. Lanham, Maryland, Toronto, Plymouth UK: The Scarecrow Press Inc.External links
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