The ringing of the alarm clock leads to a state of emergency. A married couple demonstrates how to get out of bed: presto! It’s kinda like a swinging Munich commentary on Vietnam, but much more like a rather bizarre variation on twosomes. Spils’ second short film was made following her debut Das Portrait and was also picked up by Constantin Filmverleih. Manöver ran for several weeks as a supporting short in cinemas and became one of the audience favorites at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival in 1966.

Loan of the film print with kind support of Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek.