DEADWEIGHT

By Axel KOENZEN

ROHFILM PRODUCTIONS GMBH

Drama - Development 2011


    • Year of production
    • 2011
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • GERMANY
    • Languages
    • GERMAN, ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Director(s)
    • Axel KOENZEN
    • Writer(s)
    • Axel KOENZEN, Dirk PRALLER
    • Synopsis
    • All captain KARL GRABISCH has is his work. He has just taken command over a 60,000-ton cargo ship, when under deadline pressure he makes a decision, that costs a man’s life and threatens his career. Arriving in Los Angeles the ship is anchored off the cost for several weeks. Forced to act, he is thrown into a tragically escalating identity crisis.
      The background story of the strike is based on true events in Sydney and Los Angeles in 1998.