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The Burning Snail

In this grim German drama, a troubled 14-year-old boy's pent-up rage and frustration leads him to involvement with a bad crowd and gets him caught up in an inescapable spiral of increasingly self-destructive and deadly violence.

1h 22m1996TMDb 6.5

Drama

German

Crew and Cast

Thomas StillerDirectorBarbara AuerBarbara AuerSarahSebastian KochSebastian KochGerd
Maximilian HaasPeterTobias NathTobias NathAxel
Michael HumlMatthias
Wasja StettnerChristian
Jonas KippDetlev
Florian StenschkeJoachim
Christiane QuastGitte
Klaus LochthovePE teacherHelga GöringHelga Göringgrandmother
Martha NelleGeography teacher
Martina ReuterCinema cashier
Peter HommenHeadmaster
Sebastian Essnerclass teacher

Storyline

In this grim German drama, a troubled 14-year-old boy's pent-up rage and frustration leads him to involvement with a bad crowd and gets him caught up in an inescapable spiral of increasingly self-destructive and deadly violence.

  • Jost Hering Filmproduktion
  • MDR
  • WDR
  • Südwestfunk

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Info

Original title
Die brennende Schnecke
Status
Released
Released
28 May 1996
Runtime
1h 22m
TMDB score
6.5 / 10 (11 votes)

Production

Director
Thomas Stiller
Writers
Thomas Stiller
Studios
Jost Hering Filmproduktion, MDR, WDR
Countries
Germany

Languages

Original
German
Spoken
German