Nach Fünf im Urwald (1995)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Hans-Christian Schmid

Writers:

Michael Gutmann (contributing writer)
David Howard (writer)

Release Date:

25 April 1996 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Eltern bekifft - Zuschauer begeistert!

Plot:

Anna, 17 years old, is happy to throw her first big birthday party without her parents, but some of...

Plot Keywords:

Youth | Drug Trip | Teenage Boy | Runaway | Teenage Girl

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Franka Potente	...	Anna
Axel Milberg	...	Wolfgang
Dagmar Manzel	...	Karin
Farina Brock	...	Clara
Sibylle Canonica	...	Johanna
Peter Ender	...	Oliver
Thomas Schmauser	...	Simon
Johann von Bülow	...	Nick
Max Urlacher	...	Ben
Natali Seelig	...	Zille
Karlheinz Vietsch	...	Herr Neugart
Simone Ascher	...	Melanie
Matthias Beier	...	Mark
Stefan Hunstein	...	Mann mit Gitarre
Alexander Wagner	...	Fotograph

Also Known As:

After Five in the Forest Primeval (International: English title) (informal literal title)
It's a Jungle Out There

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:6 (bw)

Filming Locations:

Altötting, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Arte

Trivia:

Since Franka Potente can't play the guitar, the one she used in the film was tuned to play a chord and she just faked the left-hand finger movements.

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

GREAT FRANKA POTENTE IN VERY ENJOYABLE COMEDY

Hans Christian Schmid directed with sure hand and light touch this funny and very enjoyable coming of age comedy. Well, coming of age?; not only the Potente character is coming of age during her stay in Munich, the parents as well are finally coming of age. That is: Schmid tells us that one is never too old to be young. In the end both young and old have done a lot of innocent mischief.

Schmid shows us that adulthood is not something that has to do with age and doing mischief does not mean one is no adult. He shows us young people who can not behave, but also a neighbour who in his small-mindedness is of child-like mind. The macho doorman at the disco shrinks when the mother uses verbal bluff. With these scenes and others like these Schmid very quietly makes his point.

At times the film can not avoid cliches like the scenes in the house of production manager Nick; ah yes, of course Zille has slept with Nick. The people the Potente character meets during her Munich stay should have been more thought-out, they are no more than standard characterizations. The well-written script has a couple of fine ideas; these include the Janis Joplin inspired commercial and the cynic comments by the young girl Clara in her diary entries. If you ever want to see a dead hare blown dry by a hair drier, watch this film.

The great Franka Potente leads a very good cast with a very good Thomas Schmauser as Simon.