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Director:
Lars Kraume
Writers:
Lars Kraume (writer)
Thomas Schlesinger (writer)
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Release Date:
12 April 2001 (Germany) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
In der Liebe und in der Karriere ist alles erlaubt.
Plot:
Edward Kaminsky, an aging ad man, wants a golden parachute from his agency; he must first land the Opel auto contract... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
funny?! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Alexander Scheer ... Victor Vogel
Götz George ... Eddie Kaminsky
Chulpan Khamatova ... Rosa Braun
Maria Schrader ... Johanna von Schulenberg
Vadim Glowna ... Werner Stahl
Nele Mueller-Stöfen ... Michelle
Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp ... Günter Pflüger
Steffen Münster ... Till
Andreas Schmidt ... Alfi
Guntram Brattia ... Benjamin Schwarz
Hans Löw ... Boiler
Julien Lambroschini ... Hackel
Samuel Weiss ... Anatole Lanzerac

Ellen Schlootz ... Assistentin v. Schulenberg

Hendrick Haese ... Marketing-Mann Opel
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Advertising Rules! (USA) (video title)
Commercial Men (Germany) (short title)
Viktor Vogel (Germany) (short title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
108 min | Spain:112 min
Country:
Germany
Language:
German
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS

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Movie Connections:
References Le Mans (1971) more
Soundtrack:
Call Me more

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4 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
funny?!, 25 April 2001
2/10
Author: mondenkind from Berlin

One of the sentences you learn going to a filmschool is: "A comedy is only a comedy if someone is laughing. If nobody is laughing, then it is not a comedy. It is something else."

I think this is what best fits for this film. It is a story about a young guy (Viktor Vogel, whyever this comic-name) seeking a job in a big commercial company. He finally gets there, but only because the company needs him to make a deal with Opel. After the deal has gone, he is kind of thrown out.

That's the story. I don't think it's funny. Let alone all those little things like the (german) synchronization, of the mumbling voice of Götz George, of all the stereotyped characters without any depth nor wound. The film was okay if it would have been broadcast on the television. But it simply doesn't fit into a cinema room. For this it is too "small".

I'd recommend this film only for: how not to make a funny film.

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