Gerhard Haubenberger

Kings should be treated courteously! At least, that's what famous music critic Georg thinks. But he finds himself counting pennies when his chief editor suddenly fires him from the Viennese newspaper for which he has been writing for decades. While keeping his dismissal a secret from his psychotherapist wife Johanna, whose mind is occupied solely by getting pregnant, Georg begins to plot his revenge.

Rural policewoman Andrea wants to end her marriage and become a detective inspector in the city. After a birthday party, her drunken soon-to-be ex-husband runs out in front of her car. In a state of shock, Andrea commits a hit-and-run.

A tragicomedy in which two friends try to resolve a water crisis in their hometown. Following the 2008 short film Randgestalten (Warnblinker-Film), Halbmännerwelt is the first feature-length film produced under the new label "heimARTfilm."