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A 1972 German-language detective film by Wim Wenders, based on a novel by Peter Handke. It follows a goalkeeper who kills a woman after a one-night stand and returns to his home town, uncertain of the police pursuit.
Joseph Bloch, a once-famous goalkeeper turned construction worker, commits a random murder without thought or regret. As he wanders the streets, from hotel to bar, cinema to tram stop, experiencing strange and violent encounters on the way, he finds himself, and everything around him, disintegrating.
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- Peter Handke
A 1972 film by Wim Wenders based on a novel by Peter Handke. It follows a German goalkeeper who is sent off during a match and wanders aimlessly in Vienna, where he meets a cinema cashier.
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- Drama, Sport
- Wim Wenders
- 1977-01-13
Aug 6, 2020 · Joseph Bloch, a once-famous goalkeeper turned construction worker, commits a random murder without thought or regret. As he wanders the streets, from hotel to bar, cinema to tram stop, experiencing strange and violent encounters on the way, he finds himself, and everything around him, disintegrating.
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The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty. Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is ejected during a game for foul play. He leaves the field and goes to spend the night with a cinema cashier. 13 IMDb 6.5 1 h 43 min 1972. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Sports.
The first of Peter Handke's novels to be published in English, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a true modern classic that "portrays the breakdown of a murderer in ways that recall Camus's The Stranger" (Richard Locke, The New York Times).
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The first of Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke's novels to be published in English, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a true modern classic that portrays the...breakdown of a murderer in ways that recall Camus's The Stranger (The New York Times).
- Peter Handke
