"Supermarkt" or "Supermarket" is a West German 80-minute movie from 1974, so this one is already over 40 years old. It was written and directed by Roland Klick, a fairly successful German filmmaker between the late 1960s and early 1980s. Here we have one of his most successful and known works. It is the story of a young man and we follow him and witness how crime, romance and drama in general make an impact on his life. I have seen another film by Klick a while ago and I was as unimpressed by that one just like by this one here, but I think he is only partially to blame. Lead actor Charly Wierczejewski was entirely forgettable in my opinion and as he was in almost every single scene, the outcome was a pretty bland movie. The film won Austrian actor Walter Kohut a German Film Award back then and I can somewhat see why. It was a baity performance and hands down, next to the weak lead performance, everybody could look fairly impressive. I am not sure it was an awards-worthy performance though. Another German Film Award went to Klick for his direction and I would agree that the film's direction is certainly one of the stronger aspects, but again I am not sure if it is really that good. However, I have not seen his competition (yet?), such as Maximilian Schell's work for example. As for "Supermarkt", I think the bad outweighs the good and I don't recommend the watch. I was actually glad this film stayed considerably under 1.5 hours.
Review of Supermarket
