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Overview
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Writer (WGA):
Werner Herzog (written by)
Release Date:
2 December 2001 (Hungary)
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Plot:
A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried. full summary | add synopsis
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(5 articles)
New Official Trailer For Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant
(From Screen Rant. 9 October 2009, 3:46 AM, PDT)
Tiff 2009 Must See List: Werner Herzog Double Header
(From SoundOnSight. 4 September 2009, 6:40 PM, PDT)
(From Screen Rant. 9 October 2009, 3:46 AM, PDT)
Tiff 2009 Must See List: Werner Herzog Double Header
(From SoundOnSight. 4 September 2009, 6:40 PM, PDT)
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Evocative visuals highlight Herzog's philosophic examination of premonitory Nazism.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tim Roth | ... | Hersche Steinschneider / Erik Jan Hanussen | |
| Jouko Ahola | ... | Zishe Breitbart | |
| Anna Gourari | ... | Marta Farra | |
| Max Raabe | ... | Master of Ceremonies | |
| Jacob Wein | ... | Benjamin Breitbart | |
| Gustav-Peter Wöhler | ... | Alfred Landwehr (as Gustav Peter Woehler) | |
| Udo Kier | ... | Count Helldorf | |
| Herbert Golder | ... | Rabbi Edelmann | |
| Gary Bart | ... | Yitzak Breitbart | |
| Renate Krößner | ... | Mother Breitbart | |
| Ben-Tzion Hershberg | ... | Gershon | |
| Rebecca Wein | ... | Rebecca | |
| Raphael Wein | ... | Raphael | |
| Daniel Wein | ... | Daniel | |
| Chana Wein | ... | Chana |
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Also Known As:
Unbesiegbar (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and thematic elements.
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Runtime:
Argentina:133 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Italy:128 min (Venice Film Festival) | UK:133 min | USA:133 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #38406) |
Malaysia:(Banned) |
Argentina:13 |
France:U |
Germany:6 |
UK:12 |
Singapore:PG |
Canada:PG
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Visa d'exploitation en France # 104867.
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Goofs:
Anachronisms: The film is set in 1932, prior to the Nazis coming to power in Germany, yet most of the S.S. and S.A. uniforms show insignia which the Nazis did not use until after Hitler became Chancellor in 1933.
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Quotes:
Zishe Breitbart:
[after outlifting and defeating a circus strongman in hand-to-hand] I can do more! I can do more!
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Movie Connections:
References Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit (1922)
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Soundtrack:
Ombra mai fù
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The great Werner Herzog uses grandly designed set pieces to deliver a foreboding period piece about the nature of facism in pre-WW2 Berlin. The focus of the story revolves around the opposing philosophies of the sinister, renowned clairvoyant Hanussen, and one of his performers, a naive strongman, lured off the farm to make his fortune in the big city. Needless to say, both of these powerful characters provide the symbolic thrust of Herzog's visionary statement, and he presents them as extreme opposites. Roth really delivers as a refined cynic, while real-life strongman Ahola is a childlike brute, an amateur hero challenging the authority of a professional villain. While parts of the picture are heavy-handed and obvious, it has a refreshing, unsentimental neutrality about it's subject matter, and it's mise-en-scene pleasures are many. My favorite scene follows our hero on his way to Berlin: he's picked up by a couple of farmers, one of them unable to control wild outbursts of laughter as he listens to the naive strongman tell about his dreams. A worthy film in the Herzog repertoire and interesting enough even for non-enthusiasts.