Short film
Scent
2006 · 10 min
A taut little Cold War caper that turns a mundane smuggling run into a quietly suspenseful, faintly absurd cat-and-mouse game.
- Directed by
- Ingo Rasper
- Starring
- Thomas Gohlke, Christel Peters, Frank Witter
- Overview
- At the height of the cold war in the divided country of Germany, several individuals try to smuggle 'real' coffee from West Berlin into East Germnany via train, despite the erstwhile efforts of security guards trying to prevent them doing so.
- How it feels
- Tense, satirical and melancholic. Brisk and needs your attention.
- About
- Survival, rebellion, class, deception
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Ingo Rasper
- Starring
- Thomas Gohlke, Christel Peters, Frank Witter



