The man who ate the world

This man is a disaster: irresponsible, aggressive, greedy and narcissistic. He has left his wife and their children, and he pays his alimony only irregularly. He keeps his sick brother at a distance, and his best friend is, at best, a punching ball and cheap lender. He even quit his successful job to become self-employed, to “finally be free”. He feels trapped and destroys his relationships and everything he’s ever had. How and why he feels that way, he doesn’t really talk about: Is he depressed, is it a midlife crisis, maybe a burnout? 

When his demented father needs help and lets him move in with him, a generational conflict breaks out, one which makes it visible just how misunderstood and helpless this father-son relationship was and is. 

The story - an adaptation of the play of the same name by Nis Momme Stockmann - tells of male hubris, repressed feelings, unconscious depression and the hard struggle for success.

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Cast

Lisa
Maja Schöne
Philipp
Max Mauff
Bogensee
Michael Goldberg
Vater
Hannes Hellmann
Ulf
Singer Konrad
Sohn
Johannes Suhm
Der Mann der die Welt ass - Still 1

The man who ate the world

Johannes Suhm

  • Fiction
Production Country / Year
Germany 2020
Language
de. OF mit en. UT
Format
Color, 80min
2.35:1, Discrete 5.1
Original Title
Der Mann der die Welt ass

Director & Crew

Johannes Suhm

Born in 1977 in Offenburg. Studied at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich. Actor for film, television and theater. Active as a producer and director.

Filmography

2011

  • EINSCHLÄGIGE PERSONEN – EIN FILM ÜBER SUCHT (SOME CERTAIN PEOPLE), Dokumentarfilm

2013

  • NEW OFFENBURG, Dokumentarfilm

2020

  • DER MANN DER DIE WELT Aß, Spielfilm  HOF 2020
Writer
Nis Momme Stockmann
Director of Photography
Tobias Kaufmann
Editor
Sven Heussner
Stefan Kobe
Annika Mayer
Production Designer
Solveigh Sprengel
Paulina Cwojdzińska
Sound
Dennis Gross
Sound Designer
Adel Abbes Hafsi
Music Composer
Felicia Chen
Christian Naujoks
Perel
Make-up
Sonja Haghpanah
Rebekka Schwark
Co-Producer
Tobias Philippen
Marc Schäfers
Producer
Tobias Kaufmann
Johannes Suhm

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