“Based on a story by Boris Vian "Les Poissons Morts"”

The Mortal Fortune (1989)

Name: The Mortal Fortune
Director: Michael Synek
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Released: 1989-01-01
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Erwin Leder, Johannes Weidinger, Gerhard Swoboda, Lisa Luginbühl, Martin Schellnast

January 1, 19891h 23mDE

6.7

3 votes

Drama Fantasy Mystery

Overview

On the basis of the hardy perennial "boss-assistant" relation, "The Mortal Fortune" depicts the passion of worldly existence. The anonymous hero of the story, to which the spectator is introduced, attempts at freeing himself from his enslaved life. He finally has to realize the transience of the creature man and whithdraws from the constraints of worldly existence.

Director

Michael Synek

Writers

Boris Vian, Michael Synek