Movie: Spiel um dein Leben

Top 5 Billed Cast

Ben Becker
Ben Becker

Nick

Natalia Wörner
Natalia Wörner

Eve / Jana

Heino Ferch
Heino Ferch

Plato

Heinz-Josef Braun
Heinz-Josef Braun

Breeker

Hans Georg Nenning
Hans Georg Nenning

Herr Fritz

  • HomePage

  • Overview

    Nick has lost everything. A brutal robbery has destroyed his life and his dreams. Financially, he is facing ruin with just a few hundred marks in his bank account. It's Advent time, and out of nowhere his fortunes change. Nick is lucky in a lottery, his account suddenly contains a lot of money, and he meets the mysterious and life-hungry Eve. It's almost like a fairy tale. Nick blossoms, feels strong and seems to be on the winning side. But his supposed happiness dissolves into nothing overnight. Eve's demanding lovemaking and drugs drive Nick to commit a terrible act. He flees in a panic. When he regains consciousness, he leads the police to the scene of the crime. But Eve has disappeared and nothing points to her. Nick follows the few traces Eve has left behind and immerses himself in a mysterious world of seduction and deception....

  • Release Date

    1997-12-10

  • Average

    3.3

  • Rating:

    1.6 starts
  • Tagline

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    Deutsch

Recommendations Movies

Johnny Guitar
74%

Johnny Guitar(en)

1954-05-26

On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.

Happiness
75%

Happiness(fr)

1965-02-10

A young husband and father, perfectly content with his life, falls in love with another woman.

Parthenope
68%

Parthenope(it)

2024-10-24

Parthenope, born in the sea near Naples in 1950, is beautiful, enigmatic, and intelligent. She is shamelessly courted by many. However, beauty comes at a cost.

Small Things Like These
67%

Small Things Like These(en)

2024-11-01

In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church.

Lola's Secret
71%

Lola's Secret(it)

1984-05-04

Young man has his dreams come true when the sexy new maid seduces him. But she also has a secret that leads to trouble.

A Day in the Country
73%

A Day in the Country(fr)

1946-05-21

The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.

No Bears
69%

No Bears(fa)

2022-10-06

Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.

Ashes in the Sky
53%

Ashes in the Sky(ca)

2023-04-28

In 1945, at the end of World War II, Neus Català returns to France, where she recalls her life under the Nazi yoke.

Azrael
60%

Azrael(en)

2024-09-27

In a world where no one speaks, a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the surrounding wilderness.

One Fine Morning
65%

One Fine Morning(fr)

2022-10-05

With a father suffering from neurodegenerative disease, a young woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While struggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into an unavailable friend with whom she embarks on an affair.

John
73%

John(en)

2020-09-17

John tells the story of a young male, a psychiatric hospital patient who witnesses the death of another Black male patient at the hands of white staff. Blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, this work draws from real life cases of mentally ill Black men who have died as a result of excessive force of the State.

Winchester '73
73%

Winchester '73(en)

1950-07-12

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.

Femme
67%

Femme(en)

2023-12-01

Jules is a drag artist in London who withdraws into himself and loses his career after a horrific attack. Months later, he recognizes one of his assailants in a gay sauna and quickly realizes he has the perfect opportunity to get revenge.

Shadows and Fog
67%

Shadows and Fog(en)

1991-12-05

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

Anaïs in Love
62%

Anaïs in Love(fr)

2021-09-15

A young woman struggling to stay on top of everything in her life meets a married publisher and begins an affair with him.

Weekend at Dunkirk
69%

Weekend at Dunkirk(fr)

1964-12-18

In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.

Good
61%

Good(en)

2008-12-31

When John Halder's latest novel is enlisted by powerful political figures in the Nazi party to push their agenda, his career and social standing instantly advance. But after learning of the Reich's horrific plans for the future and the devastating effects they will have on people close to him, John must decide whether or not to take a stand and risk losing everything.

My Worst Nightmare
55%

My Worst Nightmare(fr)

2011-09-12

Agathe runs an art gallery. Her husband François is a publisher. Together they have one son, and in every way seem to be the picture of normality — but emotions are stewing under the surface. All it takes is the arrival of a complete stranger for things to start unravelling. Patrick is brash, uncouth and totally unselfconscious...

Revelations
64%

Revelations(ko)

2025-03-20

A pastor who believes in divine revelation and a detective haunted by visions pursue a missing person case — exposing their own demons in the process.

Cuckoo
57%

Cuckoo(en)

2024-02-16

After reluctantly moving to the German Alps with her father and his new family, Gretchen discovers that their new town hides sinister secrets, as she's plagued by strange noises and frightening visions of a woman pursuing her.