Desperado City

2.0
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 98 min
  • Premiere: 1982. April 29.

Skoda is the son of a wealthy, overbearing banker and rather than put up with his father to keep a privileged lifestyle, he has chosen to ditch the relationship and drive a taxi for a living. The film follows Skoda on his nightly rides through the city, and though different characters come and go, Skoda meets a kindred spirit in the form of a teenage woman who finds her own home life equally difficult to shoulder. The two young people are gradually attracted to each other, and they end up one night in Skoda's room together. At that moment, the older woman that Skoda had been involved with opens the door and discovers his infidelity. Skoda is living in her house and driving the taxi she gave him -- her commitment was abundantly clear from the beginning. Pushed over the edge, the older woman commits suicide -- and Skoda is blamed for her death by her ex-husband. He swears to avenge her, and the hunt for Skoda begins.

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Art

Wolfgang J. Rux

Production Design

Jürgen Henze

Assistant Production Design

Matti Geschonneck

Property Master

Pia Frankenberg

Assistant Property Master

Camera

Thomas Mauch

Director of Photography

Rainer Klausmann

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Gabriele Bernhardt

Costume Designer

Eva von Giese

Makeup Artist

Directing

Vadim Glowna

Director

Editing

Lighting

Erich Möller

Lighting Technician

Roland Tallay

Lighting Technician

Production

Wolfang Wagner

Production Driver

Reinhard Hinrichs

Unit Manager

Franz Josef Hübner

Unit Manager

Rainer Köhnke

Unit Manager

Ellen Jäger

Production Secretary

Regine Berndt

Production Accountant

Hans-Christian Hess

Production Manager

Peter Wohlgemuth

Line Producer

Sound

Stanley Walden

Original Music Composer

Art

Wolfgang J. Rux

Production Design

Jürgen Henze

Assistant Production Design

Matti Geschonneck

Property Master

Pia Frankenberg

Assistant Property Master

Camera

Thomas Mauch

Director of Photography

Rainer Klausmann

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Gabriele Bernhardt

Costume Designer

Eva von Giese

Makeup Artist

Directing

Vadim Glowna

Director

Editing

Lighting

Erich Möller

Lighting Technician

Roland Tallay

Lighting Technician

Production

Wolfang Wagner

Production Driver

Reinhard Hinrichs

Unit Manager

Franz Josef Hübner

Unit Manager

Rainer Köhnke

Unit Manager

Ellen Jäger

Production Secretary

Regine Berndt

Production Accountant

Hans-Christian Hess

Production Manager

Peter Wohlgemuth

Line Producer

Sound

Stanley Walden

Original Music Composer