Der bewegte Mann (1994)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Sönke Wortmann

Writers:

Sönke Wortmann (screenplay)
Ralf König (comics "Der bewegte Mann" and "Pretty Baby")

Release Date:

12 July 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Thrown out by his girlfriend from her apartment, Axel lives for a while with Norbert, a gay he met some days before.

Plot Keywords:

Apartment | Homosexual | Party | Gay Interest | Human Relationship

Awards:

9 wins

Cast

Til Schweiger	...	Axel Feldheim
Joachim Król	...	Norbert Brommer
Katja Riemann	...	Doro Feldheim
Rufus Beck	...	Walter aka 'Waltraud'
Armin Rohde	...	Metzger
Nico van der Knaap	...	Fränzchen
Antonia Lang	...	Elke Schmitt
Martina Gedeck	...	Jutta
Judith Reinartz	...	Claudia
Kai Wiesinger	...	Aufreißer Gunnar
Horst Scheel	...	Günter (as Horst D. Scheel)
Christof Wackernagel	...	Rüdiger
Martin Armknecht	...	Lutz
Heinrich Schafmeister	...	Klaus Dieter
Helmut Buchel	...	Dirk (as Helmut Büchel)
Monty Arnold	...	Monty
Hans Peter Reutter	...	Dr. Bertie
Heinz Baumeister	...	Else
Leonard Lansink	...	Bewitching Jeanie - Bezaubernde Jeanie
Ludger Burmann	...	Trainer
Manuela Riva	...	Night Nurse
Hedi Kriegeskotte	...	Mother in Hospital
Chantal Wood	...	Nurse
Mike Reichenbach	...	Stallone Fan #1
Willi Herren	...	Stallone Fan #2 (as Willi Herren jun.)
Hans Peter Schira	...	Stallone Fan #3
Liz Becker	...	Cashier
Ivan Sertic	...	Manfred Beker (Newspaper Thief)
Gunter Fricke	...	Grandpa (as Günther Fricke)
Malwine Möller	...	Aunt Gisela (as Malvine Möller)
Erika Kamp	...	Aunt Ilse
Anya Hoffmann	...	Alexa
Sima Beatrice Bürgin	...	Dancer (as Sima Bürgin)
Frank Schlüter	...	Man in Toilet
Michael De Vivie	...	Drag Queen #1
Ralf König	...	Drag Queen #2
Christian Haid	...	Leatherman
Georg Roth	...	Dr. Rötger
Miriam Reusch	...	Egon
Rosa Reichenberg	...	Baby
Karasek	...	Turkey
Uetzelchen	...	Dog
Schewardnadse	...	Himself
Notker Mahr	...	Killer (film segment)
Marion Heyder	...	Victim (film segment)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Max Raabe	...	Cantante (uncredited)

Directed by
Sönke Wortmann

Writing credits
Sönke Wortmann		(screenplay)
Ralf König		(comics "Der bewegte Mann" and "Pretty Baby")

Produced by
Bernd Eichinger	....	producer
Harald Kügler	....	executive producer (as Harry Kügler)
Martin Moszkowicz	....	executive producer
Elvira Senft	....	executive producer
Molly von Fürstenberg	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Torsten Breuer

Cinematography by
Gernot Roll

Film Editing by
Ueli Christen

Casting by
Horst Scheel		(as Horst D. Scheel)

Production Design by
Monika Bauert

Set Decoration by
Ergun Cankaya
Fred Gutberg

Costume Design by
Katharina von Martius

Makeup Department
Nancy Geisler	....	hair stylist
Nancy Geisler	....	makeup artist
Gregor Monter	....	hair stylist
Gregor Monter	....	makeup artist
Suleika Ulmen	....	hair stylist
Suleika Ulmen	....	makeup artist
Sabiene Wiertz	....	hair stylist
Sabiene Wiertz	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ralph Brosche	....	unit production manager
Norbert Preuss	....	production manager
Sven Ulrich	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Heike Hempel	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Claudia Enzmann	....	adr editor
Claudia Enzmann	....	foley editor
Stephan Fandrych	....	dubbing recordist
Jo Fürst	....	foley artist
Simon Happ	....	sound recordist
Jörn Poetzl	....	foley artist
Martin Steyer	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Niels Maier	....	gaffer
Michael Praun	....	assistant camera
Stefan Spreer	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Sabine Allerdisse	....	assistant editor
Bryan Ellenburg	....	executive in charge of post-production
Annette von Klier	....	assistant editor
Hansjörg Weißbrich	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Maike Maier	....	production driver

Other crew
Brita Bednarzyk	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Neue Constantin Film
• Olga Film GmbH

Distributors

• Gemini Film (1995) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Neue Constantin Film (1994) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Laurenfilm (Spain)
• Orion Classics (1996) (USA) (subtitled)
• Paris Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• VCL Communications (Germany) (video)

Also Known As:

Maybe... Maybe Not (USA)
The Most Desired Man (International: English title)
The Turbulent Man

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:18 | Australia:MA | Chile:18 | Denmark:7 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

Neue Constantin Film

Trivia:

Based on the books "Der Bewegte Mann" and "Pretty Baby", written by cartoonist Ralf König, who appears as a drag-queen.

Quotes:

Doro Feldheim: [after hanged up the phone hearing a male voice] That was a man!
Jutta: So, in addition she's married.
Doro Feldheim: [hysterical] That was a homosexual guy!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Katja Riemann (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Schöner Gigolo

Beware of the subtitles

This is yet another of those cases where Anglosaxon audiences might be tempted to think that it reenforces their prejudice that German humour is a no-show.

The problem can be described in one word: subtitles. I (a native German speaker) watched the UK release which is the original German version with English subtitles. The dialogue of this film is very funny and sharp; it is quite different from contemporary funny English dialogue which usually goes for funny one-liners, it has more in common with the humour you find in Oscar Wilde, for example in The Importance of Being Earnest. In other words, the characters are constantly trying to (literally) outwit each other whilst keeping the conversation afloat. This kind of dialogue is quite fashionable in certain parts of German culture, but at least in Britain it has become fairly rare. Consequently, the translators had a difficult job on their hands.

Occasionally my eyes wandered towards the subtitles to see what the translators did with the latest banter - and I was appalled with what I found. Yes, the translation was factually accurate, i.e. the content of what was said was accurately translated, but all the wit, the sharpness, the humour had gone. As already mentioned, this was a difficult translation job, but the translators did not try hard enough.