The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty
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| Directed by | Wim Wenders |
| Written by | Peter Handke Wim Wenders |
| Music by | Jürgen Knieper |
| Cinematography | Robby Müller |
| Editing by | Peter Przygodda |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) | 1972 |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German/French/English |
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The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (US title: The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick) is the English title of Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter, a 1972 film by the German-born director Wim Wenders. It was adapted from a novella by Wenders' long-time collaborator Peter Handke.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
A goalkeeper is sent off during a game for committing a foul. He spends the night with a cinema cashier, whom he afterwards kills. Although a type of detective film, it is more slow moving and contemplative than other films of the genre. It explores the monotony of the murderer's existence and, like many of Wenders' films, the overwhelming cultural influence of America in post-war West Germany.
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