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Punch Drunk

1987 · 91 min

A strange, deadpan Bavarian satire that drifts between bureaucratic absurdity and quiet apocalyptic dread, rewarding patience with odd, unsettling humour.

Overview
Dr. Riesenhuber, the State Secretary of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, can think of nothing else but advancing his career and becoming a minister, despite the world being contaminated by nuclear radiation.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • ambition
  • corruption
  • power
  • madness
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour6
Realism5
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Herbert Achternbusch, Annamirl Bierbichler, Gabi Geist, Esther Donatz, Petar Lupa, Franz Baumgartner, Gunter Freyse, Judit Achternbusch
Cinematography
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Runtime
91 min
Country
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Languages
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