You can only speculate how the western boom in the early 1990s with "Unforgiven" winning a Best Picture Academy award had an impact on Helge Schneider and the other filmmakers behind this project. As always with Schneider's films, the running time is not that long, does not get very close to the 90-minute mark. Schneider, directed the film, wrote it and also starred in it. He got some help though. His co-director was Ralf Hüttner, who rose to prominence again not too long ago when he directed "Vincent will Meer", the big winner at the German Film Awards that year.
Helge Schneider was in his 30s when this was made 20 years ago. He is soon getting 60 and just now, there is a documentary on his life and work in theaters as well with interviews with many of his colleagues. He is known for casting usually his friends and longtime companions in his movies, also band members instead of really known actors. Many of these have not acted in other movies that do not feature Schneider. Michael Habeck and Ludger Pistor is as good as it gets for a Schneider movie. Also, in this one men play women again, mostly the actor who plays Doc Snyder's mother (just like in "Johnny Flash"). And 00 Schneider, Helge's detective character is featured here for the first time as well. The first 00 Schneider movie came out a year later and a second movie about him came out not too long ago, almost 20 years after the first. And last but not least, this movie has its fair share of music like all Helge Schneider films. He is certainly a unique comedian and actor, so it may be that his style will not appeal to you at all and you will switch it off after 5 minutes. But if that is not the case, this film is certainly worth a watch. I really enjoyed the lone rider western parody at the end when that lonely chick comes and wants to be taken with and protected by Doc Snyder. Hilarious stuff.
Helge Schneider was in his 30s when this was made 20 years ago. He is soon getting 60 and just now, there is a documentary on his life and work in theaters as well with interviews with many of his colleagues. He is known for casting usually his friends and longtime companions in his movies, also band members instead of really known actors. Many of these have not acted in other movies that do not feature Schneider. Michael Habeck and Ludger Pistor is as good as it gets for a Schneider movie. Also, in this one men play women again, mostly the actor who plays Doc Snyder's mother (just like in "Johnny Flash"). And 00 Schneider, Helge's detective character is featured here for the first time as well. The first 00 Schneider movie came out a year later and a second movie about him came out not too long ago, almost 20 years after the first. And last but not least, this movie has its fair share of music like all Helge Schneider films. He is certainly a unique comedian and actor, so it may be that his style will not appeal to you at all and you will switch it off after 5 minutes. But if that is not the case, this film is certainly worth a watch. I really enjoyed the lone rider western parody at the end when that lonely chick comes and wants to be taken with and protected by Doc Snyder. Hilarious stuff.