Das Weihnachts-Ekel
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17% Critic Match

Das Weihnachts-Ekel

1.7 / 10 2006 1h 30mNR German
ComedyDramaTV Movie

Storyline

Robert Lahnstein, feared TV commentator, doesn't like people, not even at Christmas. He wants to be alone - even on Christmas Eve. He thinks Christmas is just as hypocritical as politics. That's why he packs his SUV with a frozen goose and a Christmas tree to retreat to his lonely cabin in the mountains. But the plan ends for him in a tree. With the last of his strength he reaches a barn. But he is not allowed to be alone even in the deepest wilderness, because other people have also sought shelter from the snowstorm in this barn and Robert Lahnstein has to gradually put aside his rudeness and his prejudices.

Cast & Crew

Fritz Wepper

Fritz Wepper

Robert Lahnstein

Lead
Michael Roll

Michael Roll

Thomas Sattler

Kristina Sprenger

Kristina Sprenger

Simone Jacob

Ruth Drexel

Ruth Drexel

Rita Waltleitner

Gerd Silberbauer

Gerd Silberbauer

Konrad Neuberger

Julia Cencig

Julia Cencig

Felicitas Fernandez

OW

Oskar Weiskopf

Moritz Sattler

Gunther Gillian

Gunther Gillian

Martin Lahnstein

What People Are Saying

1.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joseph Vilsmaier's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Das Weihnachts-Ekel is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker