Release, runtime and language

1993 · 80 mins · German

Directed by

Klaus Lemke

Starring

Thomas Kretschmann, Rocko Schamoni, Lilo Wanders, Andrea Heuer, Wolfgang Borchert, Alberta Lojpur

Ricki, a 15‑year‑old supermarket apprentice, idolises his older brother Sven, a notorious figure in Hamburg’s red‑light district who survives on thefts and drug dealing. When Sven humiliates Ricki and forces him to sleep with a showgirl, his heroic image shatters. Enraged, Ricki—nicknamed the “Arschbackenzukneifer”—exacts brutal revenge, making Sven suffer on his own turf.