Hidden Reserves
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Hidden Reserves

5.9 / 10 2016 1h 36mNR German
DramaScience Fiction

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Clemens Schick

Clemens Schick

Vincent Baumann

Lead
Lena Lauzemis

Lena Lauzemis

Lisa

Daniel Olbrychski

Daniel Olbrychski

Wladimir Sokulow

Marion Mitterhammer

Marion Mitterhammer

Diana Dorn

Marcus Signer

Marcus Signer

Gerhard Frei

Jaschka Lämmert

Jaschka Lämmert

Maria Dietrich

Simon Schwarz

Simon Schwarz

Johannes Dietrich

Stipe Erceg

Stipe Erceg

Philipp Kessler

What People Are Saying

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