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''Snowman's Land'' (also known under the working title of ''Freed Pigs'') is a 2010 German comedy crime film that was directed by Tomasz Thomson. The movie had its world premiere on January 22, 2010 at the Max Ophüls Festival in Germany, and stars Jürgen Rißmann as a hit-man sent into exile after he kills the wrong person.


Synopsis

In a German city, a hit-man called Walter kills the wrong man. His boss suggests an immediate and prolonged holiday in a remote place. Walter fancies Mexico but instead is sent to protect a gang boss called Berger, who is hiding out in an isolated mountain hotel somewhere in East Europe. On his way he meets another gangster called Micky, who has been hired for the same job. When the two reach the hotel, having had to leave the car in deep snow, the only occupant is Berger's blonde moll Sibylle, who promptly goes off to a party. Snooping around, they find she is a porn model and has her own drug laboratory. When she gets back, high on narcotics and alcohol, she requires sex from Micky, but during the act his gun goes off and kills her. Walter leaves Micky to dispose of her body and car. When Berger arrives with his Russian bodyguard Kazik, he becomes suspicious over Sibylle's continued absence. Unhappy at the evasive answers he gets, he and Kazik submit the two to prolonged torture. This ends when they find the car and corpse that Micky had ineptly concealed. Berger believes it was the locals who had done the deed, being anxious to get rid of him. As he gets increasingly paranoiac about intruders, Kazik ties him up and takes charge. The two Germans have no desire to stay, but when Walter goes to his abandoned car it will not start. Then Micky obtains the keys to Berger's car, but Kazik shoots him dead. After burying Micky, Walter trudges off through the snow and is last seen working as a gardener in a place that looks like Mexico.


Cast

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Jürgen Rißmann Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder *Jürgen Alzen (born 196 ...
as Walter * Thomas Wodianka as Micky * Reiner Schöne as Berger * Eva-Katrin Hermann as Sibylle *
Waléra Kanischtscheff Waléra Kanischtscheff (or Putiloff; Russian: Валера Канищев) is a Russian-Ukrainian actor currently based in Kreuzberg (Tempelhofer Berge), Berlin, Germany. He is a prolific voice-actor of German voice overs for English films. Film ...
as Kazik *
Luc Feit Luc or LUC may refer to: Places * Luc, Hautes-Pyrénées, France, a commune * Luc, Lozère, France, a commune * Le Luc, France, a commune * Luč, Baranja, Croatia, a settlement People and fictional characters * Luc (given name) * Luc (surname) ...
as François *
Detlef Bothe Detlef Bothe (born 9 December 1957) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by popula ...
as Harry * Andreas Windhuis as Waffenhändler * Anton Weber as Kalle


Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 33% based on 12 reviews. On Metacritic it has a score of and 52% based on reviews from 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". '' The New York Times'' gave a mixed review, praising the cinematography and acting, but stating that the film's storyline was "too pitted with holes and loose ends to permit the film a bump from meh to marvelous."
Roger Ebert Roger Joseph Ebert (; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert beca ...
of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the movie 2 1/2 stars and expressed similar issues, noting that they "can see what Thomson is getting at and even sort of appreciate it at times; the movie isn't boring, but it meanders and loses track of plot threads."


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* {{IMDb title, 1522296 2010 films German black comedy films 2010 black comedy films 2010 comedy films 2010s German films