Kleine Haie (1992)

Director:

Sönke Wortmann

Writers:

Jürgen Egger (writer) and
Sönke Wortmann (writer)

Release Date:

3 September 1992 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

When dishwasher Ingo, whose girl-friend has just left him, returns a borrowed bar stool to the Folkwang Acting School in Essen...

Plot Keywords:

Audition | Animal In Title | Disciple | Car Damage | Big City Life

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

Jürgen Vogel	...	Ingo
Kai Wiesinger	...	Johannes
Gedeon Burkhard	...	Ali
Meret Becker	...	Herta
Armin Rohde	...	Bierchen
Magdalene Artelt	...	Margot
Werner Hansch	...	Conferencier
Willi Thomczyk	...	Cook
Jürgen Sebert	...	Foreman
Michael Mendl	...	Examiner Essen
Helmut Stange	...	Examiner Essen
Stefan von Moers	...	Examiner Essen
Katharina Abt	...	Portier
Michael Kessler	...	Portier
Raidar Müller-Elmau	...	Examiner Munich

Also Known As:

Acting It Out
Little Sharks

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Essen, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

Trivia:

The applicants for the acting schools in Essen and Munich can be seen performing parts from "Woyzeck" ('Georg Büchner'), "Die Räuber" (Friedrich Schiller), "Mistero Buffo" (Dario Fo), "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" (both Tennessee Williams), "Hamlet" and "Macbeth" (both William Shakespeare).

Quotes:

Ingo: We had no idea what was in store for us when we met that night in my überfast lightcruiser. Magic Maggie needed specialists for a dangerous job. And we were specialists.
Ingo: [camera showing Bierchen] Charlie, who slept through the voyage as usual, was our expert for close combat. A quiet guy, but a beast when needed. Sleeping dynamite.
Ingo: [camera showing Johannes] Lean Johnny was our Trojan Horse. In fractions of seconds, he could transform into any kind of person. A master of illusion.
Ingo: [camera showing Ali] Al, the brain, was in charge of logistics. Al knows only one goal: success. No matter how. A living computer, stone-cold to the heart. If he even has one.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References The Godfather (1972)

Soundtrack:

Masqarade

"Fahrbier ist auch gut!"

This is a road film about three young men coming to grips with their thespianism and living proof that comedy is not merely a genre inflicted unilaterally by Hollywood on the rest of the world. Upping the ante after "Allein unter Frauen," this is the film that put post-reunification German comedy firmly on the map. For those of you open-container-deprived North Americans, this film is worth watching just for the scenes featuring the camaro-pilot "Bierchen" and for the use of the fine technical pleonasm "Fahrbier."