The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty

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The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty is a 1972 German psychological drama film directed by Wim Wenders, following a disoriented goalkeeper who commits a seemingly motiveless murder and then drifts aimlessly through provincial West Germany.

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instanceOf German film
film
psychological drama film
authorOfSourceWork Peter Handke
basedOn The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
novel by Peter Handke
cinematographyBy Robby Müller
countryOfOrigin West Germany
depicts association football
murder
penalty kick in football
director Wim Wenders
directorNationality German
distributor Filmverlag der Autoren
editedBy Peter Przygodda
filmMovement New German Cinema
linked to: German New Cinema
filmSubject existential anxiety
psychological breakdown
genre crime film
drama film
psychological drama
hasColorProcess color
hasDirectorStyle minimalist
observational
hasFilmFormat feature film
language German
leadActor Arthur Brauss
mainCharacterOccupation goalkeeper
musicBy Jürgen Knieper
narrativeTheme aimless drifting
alienation
disorientation
motiveless crime
notableFor early feature by Wim Wenders
originalTitle Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter
partOf New German Cinema
linked to: German New Cinema
portrays Arthur Brauss as the goalkeeper
productionCountry West Germany
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1970
releaseDecade 1970s
releaseYear 1972
runtime approximately 100 minutes
screenwriter Wim Wenders
setting West Germany
provincial towns
titleLanguage German

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Wim Wenders notableWork The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty
Wim Wenders directed The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty
Peter Przygodda editedFilm The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty
The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick adaptedInto The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (film)
linked to: The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty