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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   6,101 votes
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Director:
Thomas Jahn
Writers:
Thomas Jahn (story)
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Release Date:
20 February 1997 (Germany) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Ein schnelles Auto, 1 Million Mark im Kofferraum und nur noch eine Woche zu leben
Plot:
Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
7 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Til Schweiger ... Martin Brest
Jan Josef Liefers ... Rudi Wurlitzer
Thierry van Werveke ... Henk - der Belgier
Moritz Bleibtreu ... Abdul - der Araber
Huub Stapel ... Frankie 'Boy' Beluga
Leonard Lansink ... Kommissar Schneider
Ralph Herforth ... Assistent Keller
Cornelia Froboess ... Frau Brest - Martins Mutter

Rutger Hauer ... Curtiz
Christiane Paul ... Verkäuferin in der Boutique

Hannes Jaenicke ... Motorradpolizist
Willi Thomczyk ... Autoverkäufer (as Willy Thomczyk)
Vladimir Weigl ... Harald Rohwitz
Jenny Elvers ... Schwester Labor A
Corinna Harfouch ... Schwester Labor B
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Additional Details

Runtime:
87 min
Country:
Germany | Belgium
Language:
German | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: While Rudi sleeps with the whores the foot of the cameraman can be seen. more
Quotes:
[Own translation since the movie is not available in English]
Patient im Fahrstuhl: [waking up] What's happened? Am I in Heaven?
Henk - der Belgier: Sure. I am Sweet God and this
[points to Abdul]
Henk - der Belgier: is Saint Peter.
Abdul - der Araber: [St. Peter] Salam aleikum.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Inthierryview (2008) more
Soundtrack:
LOS MONETAS more

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Watch this film!, 8 March 2002
Author: brersimon from Washington, D.C.

This is easily one of the best films that I have seen in a long time and certainly the best of its modern gangster genre. The plot is maybe a touch formulaic but that fits well as the whole film pokes fun of many of the clichees that Hollywood pictures like Pulp Fiction take a little too seriously. Actually, I have heard many people compare it to Pulp Fiction, but the only real similarity I found is in its frenetic style and odd sense of humor. As for humor, the subtitles are well done, so you don't lose much in the translation.

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