37 ohne Zwiebeln

37 ohne Zwiebeln
37 ohne Zwiebeln
Directed by	André Erkau
Written by	André Erkau
Produced by	Mohammad Farokhmanesh
Starring	Bernd Moss; Linda Olsansky;
Cinematography	Dirk Morgenstern
Edited by	Christoph Brandt
Music by	Dürbeck & Dohmen
Release date	January 24, 2006 (Max Ophüls Festival);
Running time	14 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

37 ohne Zwiebeln (lit. '37 without onions') is a German short film directed by André Erkau.^[1] The film premiered at the 2006 Max Ophüls Preis film festival and is also the director's final thesis at the Cologne Academy of Media Arts.^[2]

Plot

Lukas Knispe's childhood dream was to become a diver, he loved the slowness and stillness underwater. Now, at 37, he is the sales manager of a sizeable business, and his work is anything but slow and still. So far this has not been a problem for Lukas Knispe, as opposed to the jumps, gaps and lapses in time which have been troubling him for some time now. For example, Lukas Knispe skids from the canteen into the conference room without knowing how he turned up there. Or he learns nothing from a discussion in the conference room because moments later he finds himself back in the office. Knispe's efforts to get a grip on his life, to get back in touch with himself and his time, end in chaos. Lukas Knispe only manages it once he becomes emotionally stable. But this, too, proves to be no easy task.