Staplerfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag (2000)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Directors:

Stefan Prehn
Jörg Wagner

Writers:

Jörg Wagner (written by) &
Stefan Prehn (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Short | Horror

Plot:

Short film depicting a fictional educational film about fork lift truck operational safety. The dangers of unsafe operation are presented in gory details.

Plot Keywords:

Safety | Forklift | Spoof | Severed Arm | Blood

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

Konstantin Graudus	...	Staplerfahrer Klaus
Gustav Adolph Artz	...	Schulungsleiter
Jürgen Kittel	...	Springender Kollege
Soncke M. Korries	...	Helmut, der abstürzt (as Sönke Korres)
Erik Roßbander	...	Messer-Werner
Till Hooster	...	Günther ohne Hände (as Till Huster)
Dieter Dost	...	Halbierter Herbert
Michael Sombetzki	...	Winkender Kollege
Clarissa Schröter	...	Sekretärin
Jürgen Kobel	...	Kettensägen-Rudi
Tom Müller	...	Wolfgang, der Hiwi
Douglas Welbat	...	Kopfhörer-Paul
Dierk Rademacher	...	Klaus ohne Kopf
Karsten Fehe	...	Extra
Michael Haase	...	Extra

Also Known As:

Forklift Driver Klaus: The First Day on the Job (International: English title)
Stapelfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag (Germany) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

9 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Buchholz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Company:

Trigon Film

Trivia:

Narrator Egon Hoegen is very well known in Germany as the voice of the education series "Der 7. Sinn" (1966) which gives tips for correct behavior in road traffic. By using this voice at the beginning, it gives the feeling of an authentic safety video for people raised in Germany. See also trivia for _Starship Troopers_ (1997).

Absolutely Hilarious

If you have ever wondered if a forklift could be used as a deadly weapon, look no further than the German short film Staplerfahrer Klaus: Der Erste Arbeitstag.

It starts out like any one of those cheesy workplace safety videos, with the narrator and animations explaining the do's and don't's of forklift operation, as our main character Klaus blunders his way through the first day of work. However, it's not long before his mistakes result in his coworkers dying in hilariously over-the-top gory fashions. Even as if the body count grows higher and higher, the film never really stops trying to be a serious workplace safety video, which is why the whole thing had me in stitches.

Staplerfahrer Klaus is in German, but you certainly don't need to understand the language to enjoy this short.