The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (original)
Adapted from a novel by Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke, Wim Wenders’s first theatrical feature crosses Hitchcock with Kafka for an arresting study of existential ennui, violence, and the lure of American culture in postwar Europe. After he is ejected from a game in Vienna, unsettlingly disaffected soccer goalie Joseph Bloch (Arthur Brauss) wanders aimlessly through the city, seemingly detached from everything around him—until an encounter with a cinema cashier (Erika Pluhar) takes a dark turn. Working with cinematographer Robby Müller and editor Peter Przygodda, Wenders assembled a collaborative team that would define his work for years.
Starring Arthur Brauss, Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar, Bert Fortell, Libgart Schwarz, Marie Bardischewski, Michael Toost, Edda Köchl, Rosl Dorena, Wim Wenders
Watch "The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick" on Criterion Channel released in 1972. It's a crime and drama movie, and has a rating of 6.6 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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