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The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (German: Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter) is a 1972 German-language detective film, directed by Wim Wenders. It is also known as The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick. It was adapted from the novel with the same title by Peter Handke.
- 19 February 1972
Jan 13, 1977 · The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick: Directed by Wim Wenders. With Arthur Brauss, Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar, Libgart Schwarz. Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is ejected during a game for foul play. He leaves the field and goes to spend the night with a cinema cashier.
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- Drama, Sport
- Wim Wenders
- 1977-01-13
Based on the 1970 novella by Peter Handke, Wim Wenders' The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, completed in 1972, documents the warped journey of athlete Josef Bloch (Arthur Brauss) as he slowly and unhysterically transitions from a professional football goalie to a peripatetic madman.
1971. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A veteran goalkeeper picks up a cinema cashier, takes her to bed, and calmly murders her the following morning. Cast & Crew. Read More. Wim Wenders. Director. Arthur Brauss. Josef Bloch. Kai Fischer. Hertha Gabler. Erika Pluhar. Gloria T. Libgart Schwarz. Anna.
- Wim Wenders
- Arthur Brauss
Directed by Wim Wenders • 1972 • West Germany. Starring Arthur Brauss, Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar. Adapted from a novel by Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke, Wim Wenders’s first theatrical feature crosses Hitchcock with Kafka for an arresting study of existential ennui, violence, and the lure of American culture in postwar Europe.
The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty is a 1972 German-language detective film, directed by Wim Wenders. It is also known as The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick. It was adapted from the novel with the same title by Peter Handke.
Wim Wenders' restored and remastered 1972 classic The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a Hitchcockian existential thriller adapted from the novella by Peter Handke. The goalkeeper Josef Bloch is sent off after committing a foul during an away game.
