“6.30PM - Friday evening in an empty office building. Three men and one woman, trapped and terrified, 25 floors up. Help will reach them Monday morning - if they live that long.”
It's Friday evening. The lift repairman leaves the building and wants to finish his work on Monday. But he doesn't know there are four men in the building. They use the lift but stay in it about 100 meters from the floor. They have little oxygen and must survive…
Renée Soutendijk
Marion
Götz George
Jörg
Wolfgang Kieling
Gössmann
Hannes Jaenicke
Pit
Klaus Wennemann
Heinz
Ralf Richter
Otto
Kurt Raab
Fahrstuhlmonteur
Ekmekyemez Firdevs
Putzfrau
Hannelore Elsner
Marion (voice) (uncredited)
Out of Order is a thriller film released in 1984 exploring themes of robbery, love triangle, claustrophobia, stolen money, man woman relationship, woman between two men. Directed by Carl Schenkel, it stars Renée Soutendijk, Götz George, Wolfgang Kieling. It's Friday evening. The lift repairman leaves the building and wants to finish his work on Monday. But he doesn't know there are four men in the building. They use the lift but stay in it about 100 meters from the floor. They have little oxygen and must survive…
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