The family-run company “Bogenschuetz & Sons” has produced solid textile machines in Hechingen, a small Swabian city in southern Germany, for generations. But nowadays demand is down since Asian competitors are cheaper. Michael Bogenschuetz (39, junior boss) is forced to negotiate on a sale with the Chinese behind his father’s back. But father Paul (90, senior partner) finds out and tries to get help from Michael’s sisters Marlies (45) and Marianne (49) to rescue his life’s work… GLOBAL PLAYER tragicomically portraits a family, middle-class and entrepreneurial, in times of globalization. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.8/10 | |
Released: | October 3, 2013 | |
Runtime: | 100 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Companies: | sabotage films gmbh Stoehrfilm ARD/Degeto Film ARTE Bayerischer Rundfunk ARD | |
Cast: | Christoph Bach Inka Friedrich Ulrike Folkerts Walter Schultheiß | |
Crew: | Hannes Stöhr | |
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