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Overview

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7.8/10   6,234 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Thomas Jahn (story)
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Release Date:
20 February 1997 (Germany) more
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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:
GREAT MOVIE more (29 total)

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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Runtime:
87 min
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Crew or equipment visible: While Rudi sleeps with the whores the foot of the cameraman can be seen. more
Quotes:
Martin Brest: Im Himmel, da reden die über nichts anderes, als über das Meer. Und darüber, wie wunder-wunderschön es ist. Sie reden über den Sonnenuntergang, den sie gesehen haben, sie reden darüber, wie die Sonne blutrot wurde, bevor sie ins Meer eintauchte und sie reden darüber, wie sie spüren konnten, wie die Sonne ihre Kraft verlor und die Kühle vom Meer heraufzog und das Feuer nur noch in ihrem Innern glühte. more
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13 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
GREAT MOVIE, 2 August 2003
10/10
Author: (snoopdoc15) from Germany

This movie is great, it should have been translated into English. It's often compared to Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino. I can understand that to a certain point because it contains witty dialogues like Pulp Fiction but it combines them with tragic and still has it's funny moments.

And because of it's tragedy it makes you think, unlike Pulp Fiction (now don't get me wrong folks, I just LOVE that movie). The effect holds on and you wonder: what would I do, if I knew I'll die within a week or a month,... (some very short time period)

One of the movies, that you can't just put in one genre, it's more than that. Brilliant.

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