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The Sudden Loneliness of Konrad Steiner
The Sudden Loneliness of Konrad Steiner

THE SUDDEN LONELINESS OF KONRAD STEINER

Die plötzliche Einsamkeit des Konrad Steiner

Directed by Kurt Gloor
Switzerland, 1976
Drama

Synopsis

Shoemaker Konrad Steiner suddenly loses his wife when she dies of a stroke. To fight his emerging loneliness, the 75-year-old escapes into his work. One day he is told that the house in which he has his apartment and the workshop, should be demolished, leaving him to be homeless.

Synopsis

Shoemaker Konrad Steiner suddenly loses his wife when she dies of a stroke. To fight his emerging loneliness, the 75-year-old escapes into his work. One day he is told that the house in which he has his apartment and the workshop, should be demolished, leaving him to be homeless.