Border traffic (film)

Movie
Original title	Border traffic
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2005
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Stefan Betz
script	Stefan Betz
production	Uli Aselmann Robert Marciniak
music	Joe Mubare Manuel Lopez
camera	Alexander Fischerkoesen
cut	Manuela Kempf
occupation
Andreas Buntscheck : Wolfgang "Wong" Schlittmeier Joseph M'Barek : Hunter Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow : Schilcher Henriette Richter-Röhl : Alicia Dana Vávrová : Helena Götz Otto : Great Smetana Oliver Korittke : Little Smetana Hans Schuler : Mr. Schlittmeier Saskia Vester : Mrs. Schlittmeier Sebastian Kalhammer : Bartender Jack Jürgen Tonkel : Mr. Jäger Bettina Redlich : Ms. Schilcher Johannes Herrschmann : Mr. Schilcher

Grenzverkehr is a comedy film by Stefan Betz from 2005 about growing up and its problems.

action

Wong, Hunter and Schilcher are three 16-year-old boys from Lower Bavaria who still have their "first time" ahead of them. Since they flash the local girls , they decide to visit a brothel in the Czech Republic .

Shortly after the border they meet the heavily pregnant young Ukrainian Alicia and take her with them. After an argument with her, they look for a brothel. You land in the Temple of Love .

While Wong is in the room with one of the prostitutes , Hunter and Schilcher have to wait for a large amount of alcohol. Hunter vomits, whereupon the pimp demands 500 euros in damages. Since they don't have the money, he simply keeps the mopeds. They meet Alicia again in the village, who wants to help them get the mopeds back. However, they are caught doing it and held by the pimp of the Temple of Love . He takes away their clothes and passports in order to bring three Indians across the border to Germany. They can escape with a homemade bomb. Alicia is caught again while trying to escape. The three boys can free Alicia. During the trip to Germany she has her child. When they get home, they confess everything to their parents and suddenly feel much more grown up.

Reviews

“After Marco Kreuzpaintner's summer storm, another strong, young film from Bavaria. An amusing, lovable story about growing up and a wonderful summer film! "

- br-online.de

The Hamburger Abendblatt praised the film, as it lives from the “local color” and treats its subject with comparative sensitivity.

Web links

• Border traffic at the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. That darn first time can go very wrong . In: Hamburger Abendblatt, October 13, 2005, No. 239, p. 9