The unsuccessful and permanently broke theater actor Bernd has finally won his first leading role portraying the GASMAN, a murderous SS officer. The rehearsals with the despotic director Frank are nerve-wracking. In addition, his relationship with his ex, with whom he has a son, deteriorates and she sends the bailiff after him. Only the regular literary gathering for pseudo-intellectual debates and his young girlfriend seem to offer him some joy in his drifter existence. "With tender benevolence, fine irony and satirical tips, filmmaker Arne Körner paints the picture of a melancholy dreamer in GASMANN. An idiosyncratic, tongue-in-cheek film with a great leading actor." (Filme Welt)
A melancholic, darkly humorous examination of the theater world and the culture industry.
The unsuccessful and permanently broke theater actor Bernd has finally won his first leading role portraying the GASMAN, a murderous SS officer.
The rehearsals with the despotic director Frank are nerve-wracking. In addition, his relationship with his ex, with whom he has a son, deteriorates and she sends the bailiff after him.
Only the regular literary gathering for pseudo-intellectual debates and his young girlfriend seem to offer him some joy in his drifter existence.
"With tender benevolence, fine irony and satirical tips, filmmaker Arne Körner paints the picture of a melancholy dreamer in GASMANN. An idiosyncratic, tongue-in-cheek film with a great leading actor." (Filme Welt)