Adrian Vogel

Lukas Rinker‘s debut feature opens with architect Frank (Thomas Niehaus) regaining consciousness in a locked portaloo – known in German vernacular by the ‘Dixi’ brand name – on a building site where a detonation is being prepared. As he desperately tries to find ways of escaping this ‘prison’ before potentially being blown to smithereens, he realizes who has put him into this predicament. Now Frank has to do everything in his power to get out alive…

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