The Praying Mantis

Trixi Jancik leads a risky double life. At home, she is an obedient housewife. But when she puts on a disguise and goes to the racetrack to indulge in her secret passion, she catches a glimpse of a better life. Although she blows her grocery money, she has tasted the kind of luxury she can normally only dream about. A minor squabble at home brings the situation to a head and marks a turning point in her life: Trixi fixes her husband a lethal cocktail of pills.

• Paul HaratherDirector
• Paul HaratherWriter
• Susanne FreundWriter
• Tom BatoyOriginal Music Composer
• Amedeo TortoraOriginal Music Composer
• Franco TortoraOriginal Music Composer

• Christiane HörbigerBeatrix 'Trixi' Jancik / Schernthaler
• Udo KierJulius Quellenreich
• Jan NiklasUlrich Stein
• Peter FaerberKarli
• Ursula KobanIsi Köcker
• Simon SchwarzHeli Jancik
• Klaus OfczarekSiggi
• Gerhard ErnstWolfgang Schernthaler
• Tanja PetrovskyGabi Jancik
• Peter HugoCharles
• Rainer EggerSpieler
• Margarethe TieselMutter im Stiegenhaus