Joseph Bloch is a second-division goalkeeper who has cracked up. After he is sent off the pitch, he kills a cinema box-office clerk. He leaves town and visits an old friend close to the border. He goes for long walks and talks to local people: villagers, gamekeepers, customs officials, hairdressers. But after a couple of days he is increasingly dogged by fear about the consequences of his deed: the 'fear of the penalty'. He returns to the city, just waiting for that very special penalty to be taken. No criminal, but a man fast losing his mind.
- Filmmaker
- Wim Wenders
- Premiere
- -
- Country
- Germany
- Year
- 1971
- Medium
- 35mm
- Length
- 100’
- Language
- German
- Producer
- Filmverlag der Autoren
- Sales
- Inter Nationes
- Writer
- Wim Wenders