The Mortal Fortune

Original title: Die toten Fische

Based on a story by Boris Vian "Les Poissons Morts"

1989 · 1 h 23 · Austria, Germany, France · German

• Drama
• Fantasy
• Mystery

On the basis of the hardy perennial "boss-assistant" relation, "The Mortal Fortune" depicts the passion of worldly existence. The anonymous hero of the story, to which the spectator is introduced, attempts at freeing himself from his enslaved life. He finally has to realize the transience of the creature man and whithdraws from the constraints of worldly existence.