“I am not Stiller.” It is this very first sentence with which Max Frisch begins his novel “Stiller,” which is hard to leave the minds of his readers. We learn everything and yet nothing about the hero who will guide us through the rest of the story. For the character makes it clear: He is not the Stiller we think he is; he has given himself a new name, a new history, a new nationality, a new identity. ​
The film adaptation of this important novel by Max Frisch is a journey of discovery into the depths of human identity: Perhaps along the way we will get to know this Stiller after all, and hopefully, a little bit about ourselves…
