The Stranger (2000)
1h 42m
Running Time
May 12, 2000Release Date
Plot.
The seedy underbelly of Vienna at night. Mercedes is a femme fatale from Mexico, newly arrived at the Vienna airport with her German boyfriend Rainer, where they have smuggled a kilo of cocaine through customs. Unfortunately for them, the city has just had a major drug crackdown, leaving them without buyers and money. Disgusted with Rainer, Mercedes ditches him and hooks up with Harry, a lonely and bored cab driver who agrees to help her find a buyer for the drugs so she can get some cash and go home. She offers Harry a deal he can't refuse. Is he just another pawn for Mercedes or will her promises help him achieve his hope and dreams? The story careens through the night streets of Vienna, following two amateurs navigating their way through the treacherous world of the drug trade. It's a mood piece with the backdrop of a stifling urban loneliness.
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Cast & Crew.
Goya Toledo
Mercedes
Hary Prinz
Harry
Simon Schwarz
Dealer
Martin Feifel
Rainer
Nina Proll
Actress
Götz Spielmann
Director
Erika Navas
Costume Design
Maria Scheibelhofer
Writer
Wulf Flemming
Producer
Walter W. Cikan
Composer
Andreas Kopriva
Sound
Fabian Eder
Cinematographer
Bernhard Weirather
Sound
Susanne Quendler-Kopf
Art Direction
Hubert Canaval
Editor
Gerhard Hannak
Production Manager
Eddie Siblik
Music
Details.
Wiki.
The Stranger (German: Die Fremde) is a 2000 Austrian film directed by Götz Spielmann. It was Austria's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.