Ordnung

1980
1h 36m

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Herbert is a civil engineer who has quit his job, changed his behavior and become very indifferent and apathetic against people and to most things. His wife convinces him to go to a clinic, ... Read allHerbert is a civil engineer who has quit his job, changed his behavior and become very indifferent and apathetic against people and to most things. His wife convinces him to go to a clinic, but will it change him?Herbert is a civil engineer who has quit his job, changed his behavior and become very indifferent and apathetic against people and to most things. His wife convinces him to go to a clinic, but will it change him?

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7.5/10

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The film is about a mentally disturbed man who finally gets hospitalized, but the question remains, whether he is actually sick or he just rebells against the society

This off-beat psychological drama by Sohrab Shahid Saless dissects German post-war society with a cutting edge. Herbert (Heinz Lieven) is a solid, middle-class engineer who one day quits his job and ensconces himself at home (preferably in the bathroom), refusing to say very much to anyone. His wife (Dorothea Moritz ) is all the more upset at his behavior because on Sunday mornings he goes out into the street and yells at the top of his lungs for everyone to "get up." Eventually, the hard-working wife who is also earning their support convinces Herbert to go to a clinic for treatment. In the end he leaves the clinic, healed.

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