Bierkampf (1977)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Herbert Achternbusch

Writer:

Herbert Achternbusch (writer)

Plot Keywords:

Absurd | Alcohol Abuse | Drink In Title

Cast

Herbert Achternbusch	...	Herbert, Polizist
Annamirl Bierbichler	...	Herberts Frau
Josef Bierbichler	...	Herberts Schwager
Heinz Braun	...	1. Neger
Alois Hitzenbichler	...	2. Neger
Gerda Achternbusch	...	1. Begehrenswerte
Barbara Gass	...	2. Begehrenswerte
Gusti Mell	...	3. Begehrenswerte
Karolina Herbig	...	4. Begehrenswerte
Margarethe von Trotta	...	Frau mit Kind
Gunter Freyse	...	Freund
Heinrich Koll	...	1. Arbeiter
Hans Beer	...	2. Arbeiter
Sigmund Reindl	...	Demokratiewitz
Walter Saxer	...	Betrunkener

Also Known As:

Beer Chase (International: English title)

Runtime:

USA:85 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Oktoberfest, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Herbert Achternbusch Filmproduktion

Many of the mono- and dialogues are really funny as hell and also quite intelligent in a subtle and subversive meaning

This movie is located at the "Oktoberfest" (bigbig, legendary and well-known drinking fest for dumb white-bread idiots) in Munich/Germany. A man who is dissatisfied with his senseless existence in his family-life and social status steals the uniform of a policeman and then enters the "Oktoberfest". - Now he is somebody, he is important, he can help, people respect him, etc. His wife, other relatives and some friends start to follow him while he gets some new acquaintances. The craziness begins! Full ahead! You cannot really say what the sense of this movie is, maybe it's about senselessness of life in general and about the relativity of common values. Amateur actors philosophize about this and that - most of them unemotional as a stone. But this doesn't ruin the movie - it's quite the contrary and supports the absurdity of the scenes and texts. There's no real storyline, it's more like a collage of sketches and clips. And it's also funny that you never know if the protagonists are actors who know they play for the movie (but I guess they do not know WHAT KIND of movie this is!!) or if they are just visitors of the Oktoberfest who happen to fall victim to a crazy-genius movie-director by chance, you know, like hidden-camera or something. - You never know. - And sometimes people get really angry by being annoyed by our false policeman out of control - and I am very sure that he'd got some punches in the face without this uniform. Many of the mono- and dialogues are really funny as hell and also quite intelligent in a subtle and subversive meaning. This movie and with it it's director was a total find for me, I must recommend this a lot, 10 out of 10!