Directed by:
Thomas StuberCinematography:
Peter MatjaskoComposer:
Bert WredeCast:
Peter Kurth, Lina Wendel, Edin Hasanović, Lena Lauzemis, Reiner Schöne, Udo Kroschwald, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Henning Peker, Wolfram von Stauffenberg (more)Plots(1)
Herbert (Peter Kurth) makes his living from his brawn. Massive and heavily tattooed, he cuts an imposing, even terrifying figure. A former East German boxing champion, he is now a middle-aged man in a reunified Germany, reduced to working as a bouncer and debt collector, his fists being his primary tools of persuasion. Herbert's sole source of real satisfaction is the time he spends training Eddy (Edin Hasanovic), his boxing protegé. Then it starts happening: while showering after training, and in the midst of getting another tattoo, Herbert is overcome by painful muscle spasms. He ignores the attacks until he can no longer bear them. He sees a specialist and learns he has a fatal disease and not long to live. This man of action is forced to reflect in his final days on what truly matters. Herbert tries to reconnect with Sandra (Lena Lauzemis), the daughter he abandoned long ago. But now that Sandra is a parent herself and determined to preserve the stable life she's worked hard to secure, can he possibly hope to enter her heart? (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Peter Kurth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759770_xso4zq.jpg)
Peter Kurth
East Germany
Best movies:
A Friend of Mine (2006)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Wolfsburg (2003)
![Lina Wendel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/157/159157905_346c18.jpg)
Lina Wendel
Best movies:
A Regular Woman (2019)
I Was, I Am, I Will Be (2019)
A Heavy Heart (2015)
![Edin Hasanović](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/916/159916746_49ee88.jpg)
Edin Hasanović
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
When We Leave (2010)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Picco (2010)
![Lena Lauzemis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412621_4f5771.jpg)
Lena Lauzemis
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
A Heavy Heart (2015)
If Not Us, Who? (2011)
![Reiner Schöne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/285/161285347_93e4e4.jpg)
Reiner Schöne
German Empire
Best movies:
Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) (TV movie)
A Heavy Heart (2015)
The Gunfighters (1987) (TV movie)
![Udo Kroschwald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/570/161570388_443585.jpg)
Udo Kroschwald
East Germany
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Berlin Calling (2008)
A Heavy Heart (2015)
![Anne-Kathrin Gummich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/680/159680857_d028b9.jpg)
Anne-Kathrin Gummich
East Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
![Henning Peker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/423/160423223_9ee0c1.jpg)
Henning Peker
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Do Fish Do It? (2002)
Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001)
Wolfram von Stauffenberg
Best movies:
A Heavy Heart (2015)
![Harvey Friedman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/500/162500917_65a65f.jpg)
Harvey Friedman
USA
Best movies:
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Valkyrie (2008)
Sense8 (2015) (series)
Clemens Meyer
East Germany
Best movies:
A Heavy Heart (2015)
In the Aisles (2018)
As We Were Dreaming (2015)
![Manfred Möck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/282/158282422_4950ac.png)
Manfred Möck
East Germany
Best movies:
Never Look Away (2018)
The Elementary Particles (2006)
The State I Am In (2000)
![Kida Khodr Ramadan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/321/165321853_d107d5.jpg)
Kida Khodr Ramadan
Lebanon
Best movies:
My Blind Date with Life (2017)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
Phantom Pain (2009)
![Lola Liefers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/478/160478844_43f96e.jpg)
Lola Liefers
Germany
Best movies:
A Heavy Heart (2015)
Wolfgang Boos
Best movies:
Piggies (2009)
In Darkness (2011)
Schultze Gets the Blues (2003)
Roland Florstedt
Best movies:
Tough Enough (2006)
A Heavy Heart (2015)
Lotte am Bauhaus (2019) (TV movie)
Andreas Keller
Best movies:
A Heavy Heart (2015)
As We Were Dreaming (2015)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Kristin Suckow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/000/160000860_a4085a.jpg)
Kristin Suckow
East Germany
Best movies:
A Heavy Heart (2015)
Allmen (2017) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Marko Dyrlich
East Germany
Best movies:
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Captain (2017)
The Most Beautiful Girl in The World (2018)
![Atef Vogel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/501/166501176_9dd846.jpg)
Atef Vogel
West Germany
Best movies:
Everyone Else (2009)
A Heavy Heart (2015)
Da geht noch was! (2013)