Karambolage
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43% Critic Match

Karambolage

4.3 / 10 1989NR German
DramaTV Movie

Storyline

Dr. Philipp Achtermann, a microbiologist from the GDR, was attending a conference in Frankfurt on business. On the return journey with his wife Nina, he allows himself a deviation from the prescribed route. On a side road near Lake Chiemsee, Achtermann's Wartburg collides with a West German BMW. At the wheel is Tom Maiwald, an architect.

Cast & Crew

Iris Berben

Iris Berben

Nina Achtermann

Lead
Constanze Engelbrecht

Constanze Engelbrecht

Ilse Maiwald

Volkert Kraeft

Volkert Kraeft

Dr. Philipp Achtermann

Peter Sattmann

Peter Sattmann

Tom Maiwald

Udo Thomer

Udo Thomer

Josef

Eva Maria Bayerwaltes

Eva Maria Bayerwaltes

Karlheinz Lemken

Karlheinz Lemken

IV

Ivo Vrzal-Wiegand

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Franz Peter Wirth's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Karambolage is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker