The Intruder

Daniel has hardly seen his father Fil over the past 15 years. But when he moves to Berlin to be closer to him, Fil becomes seriously ill, leaving his son alone again – with many questions and the key to Fil’s apartment.

Daniel reluctantly enters his father’s private world: his friends, passions and ideals, as well as the dark sides and contradictions to his character. Then he encounters the mysterious Dem and Daniel soon begins to lose sense of the truth in his life. His search for his father becomes a search for himself that takes Daniel right across Europe, leading from the present-day virtual world of Facebook to the military resistance of the 1980s. Eventually, he is faced with a decision that he can no longer avoid.

Raul Zelik tells a story of two worlds, of consequence and ruthlessness, of longing and love. At crisis point, he wonders whether he dares to venture a different, better life.

»Fast, feisty and true-to-life. What a treat.« Volker Weidermann, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on Berliner Verhältnisse