The Tobacconist
2018 · Movie · 109 min · ★ 6.4 · 40% critics
In Vienna just before a major political upheaval, a young apprentice in a small tobacco shop begins discovering love, adulthood, and moral uncertainty. Guided by an older mentor and an insightful regular customer, he tries to make sense of a world growing more dangerous by the day.
Based on The Tobacconist
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Details
- Original title
- Der Trafikant
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-10-12
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 40/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (99 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy intimate historical dramas about youth, friendship, and life under political pressure, especially if Munich: The Edge of War appealed to you; Not for you if you want fast pacing or lighter moods.
Pros: rich historical setting; thoughtful coming-of-age arc; emotionally grounded | Cons: measured pacing; heavy subject matter; subdued tone
Themes
- based on novel or book
- jew persecution
- psychiatrist
- vienna, austria
- nazi occupation
- political repression
- 1930s
- eve of world war ii
- sigmund freud
Awards & recognition
- Civis Media Prize · 2019
Cast & crew
Simon Morzé
as Franz Huchel
Bruno Ganz
as Sigmund Freud
Johannes Krisch
as Otto Trsnjek
Emma Nova
as Anezka
Karoline Eichhorn
as Anna Freud
Regina Fritsch
as Margarete Huchel
Elfriede Irrall
as Martha Freud
Michael Fitz
as 'Red Egon'
Rainer Wöss
as Mr. Rosshuber
Sabine Herget
as Mrs. Rosshuber
Directed by Nikolaus Leytner