Slow Attack (1980)

6.5/10 112 min Drama Crime

Overview

Nik, a released prisoner who started writing in prison, wants to leave his past behind him, but refuses to contact his former girlfriend and her family. Under the name of his jail buddy Henry, he moves in with his pen pal - who has never seen him - and is always watched suspiciously by their roommate. Nik began writing in prison and now seeks contact with the literary culture, even though he feels disgusted by the pompous fuss of this society. He is not without talent and works on a novel in which he minutely describes the abduction of an industrialist. Henry gets shot at the prison breakout and visits Nik to get help from him. He likes his novel plot and wants to put it into action.

Cast

Rolf Zacher

Henry Kirscher

Burkhard Driest

Nick Dellmann

Katja Rupé

Eva

Kurt Raab

Maria Franz Beekenbrandt

Veit Relin

Dorsil

Marquard Bohm

John

Hark Bohm

TV-Moderator

Irm Hermann

Apothekerin

Horst Hesslein

2. Gefängnisbeamter

Recommendations

Siberian Education
The Unforgivable
Above the Rim
Convict
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Winged Creatures
True Believer
A Score to Settle
Mob Town
Bronson
Empire
The System
Panic
Body Brokers
Inside Man
The United States of Leland
All Day and a Night
The Devil You Know
The Shawshank Redemption
Trafficking