Characters & Themes
Killing Cars (1986) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1986 · 104 mins · German
- Directed by
- Michael Verhoeven
- Starring
- Jürgen Prochnow, Bernhard Wicki, Daniel Gélin, Heinz Hoenig, Oliver Rohrbeck, Osman Ragheb
An ingenious automotive engineer and ruthless businessman becomes a moving target in a maze of automotive intrigue, oil barons and corporate finance. After he gives his patented, energy‑cell eco‑car to a German automaker for testing, ominous agents and Arab petroleum lords move to seize the patent and protect the gasoline market.
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