Hidden Reserves

Hidden Reserves

2016 · 96 min · ★ 5.9 · Drama, Science Fiction

The insurance salesman Vincent Baumann, a cold-blooded careerist and minion of a merciless system, becomes a victim of the very corporations he is representing. Degraded to a henchman he grimly struggles to get back on the job market. He fights to climb the social ladder. In the process he realizes that there are other values than income and success. He decides against his previous ideology and for another human being, for Lisa Sokulowa. They don’t have a future. But they celebrate a small triumph against the dominance of the ruling system.

Directed by Valentin Hitz · Written by Valentin Hitz

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Clemens Schick Vincent Baumann
Lena Lauzemis Lisa
Daniel Olbrychski Wladimir Sokulow
Marion Mitterhammer Diana Dorn
Marcus Signer Gerhard Frei
Jaschka Lämmert Maria Dietrich
Simon Schwarz Johannes Dietrich
Stipe Erceg Philipp Kessler
Dagmar Koller Eleny Hoffmansthal
Stefan Matousch Vizedirektor
David Oberkogler Versicherungsagent
Martin Reik Novack

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