00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter (1994) 6.8
Director:Helge Schneider |
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00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter (1994) 6.8
Director:Helge Schneider |
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Helge Schneider | ... |
00 Schneider /
Nihil Baxter /
Prof. Dr. Hasenbein /
Johnny Flash
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Helmut Körschgen | ... | |
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Andreas Kunze | ... |
Frau 00 Schneider
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Werner Abrolat | ... |
Polizeipräsident
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Bratislav Metulskie | ... |
Metulskie
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Guenther Kordas | ... |
Zirkusdirektor
(as Günther Kordas)
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Hotte Reichlich | ... |
Shorty Robinson
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Charlie Weiss | ... |
Pilot
(as Charlie Weiß)
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Thomas Busch | ... |
Sekretärin 00 Schneider
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Otto Van den Berg | ... |
Metulskies Vater
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Peter Thoms | ... |
Beschissener TV Unterhalter
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Schringo van den Berg | ... |
Hausmeister mit Wadenkrämpfen
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Tim Janßen | ... |
Kleiner Junge
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Buddy Casino | ... |
Zirkusmusiker
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Hanno Huth | ... |
Mann mit Gipsbein
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The phenomenon Helge Schneider defies easy description or quick categorization. Yet, for the international audience not acquainted to him, one could say he's something like a crude mix of Weird Al Yankovich and Andy Kaufman, adding a foible for Jazz music and 70s outfits. While his stage performances already are eccentric, his movie works are simply hilariously outrageous.
"00 Schneider" is, in my opinion, Helge's best movie. He stars in the two leading roles - police detective "Kommissar 00 Schneider" and murderer-villain "Nihil Baxter", and also in a precious smaller role as physician "Dr. Hasenbein".
In the opening scene, we see how modern-art-loving Baxter accidentally kills the circus clown Bratislav Metulskie, from whom he has bought a malfunctioning used Jaguar, when a beloved sculpture slips out of Baxter's hands, fatally hitting Metulskie. Upon reading about the incident in the newspaper, 00 comes back from retirement to investigate the case with the support of his loyal sidekick, Lt. Koerschgen, who is played by an elderly actor bearing the same name. They pick up Baxter's track quickly, and interrogate him at his weirdly decorated mansion (one of the movie's best scenes!), but initially fail to gather any proof. The story winds through many turns, with several scenes that don't always really contribute to the progress of the plot but are hilariously funny, such as a daydream by 00 (including the most unusual view on a running man's brief-clad crotch in movie history), a police-department party during which Koerschgen gets into a row with the chief and has to be hospitalized, and a visit at the already mentioned Dr. Hasenbein's. Baxter, then, is finally caught attempting to escape to Rio de Janeiro on a plane.
Always worth special mention is Andreas Kunze who in this case plays 00's wife, as he's usually appearing in drag performing women's roles in Helge's Movies.
So all you folks out there looking for new laughs, I strongly recommend this movie. The catch? You have to understand German (as I doubt there's an English version around)...