Rising High is a German thriller comedy series whose original title is Betonraush which means concrete drunk or concrete crazy. It is a white-collar crime series. The movie is about a joyful feeling of investing in the market so as to make money anyhow.
David Kross plays the main lead, he plays the role of Viktor, who is a poor yet presentable man, always scared of the memory of his father going broke through debts to the taxman.
The Plot of Rising High
Viktor then plans to do a fraud in the Berlin property market and with the help of his criminal friends Gerry (Frederick Lau), and Gerry’s unethical schoolfriend Nicole (Janina Uhse), who works in a bank.
Their fraud is a to buy some neglected flats at auction and then sell it further 10-day grace period before the debt becomes due, to people to whom Nicole can provide with low mortgages ( all will happen illegally).
All this made them very rich in a very short span. Also, Viktor and Nicole get married, traditional slo-mo party montages of champagne, cocaine, sex workers, this all lead them to live a good time.
Rising High Story Detail
Viktor borrowed more and more amount, establishing his own private bank in Malta, this is how he increased problem for himself as law is already after him.
The show is based on hundreds of Urban myths and some interesting stories of friends, it’s more like Brit geezer-caper film. Kross makes it even more interesting, as he is attracting people even more as he ages.
There is something in his personality which attracts everyone towards him. Kross brings the movie to a corrupted glamour.
The Rising High is already streaming on Netflix.