Forklift Driver Klaus: The First Day on the Job (2000) Staplerfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag (original title)

Directors:

Stefan Prehn
Jörg Wagner

Writers:

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

Release Date:

May 2001 (France)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Action | Comedy | 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	...	Komparse
Michael Haase	...	Komparse
Daniel Haude	...	Komparse
Oliver Koell	...	Komparse
André Kuhl	...	Komparse
Jim Lacy	...	Komparse
Markus Macioszek	...	Komparse
Christian Pötschke	...	Komparse
Lukas Scheper	...	Komparse
Egon Hoegen	...	Narrator (voice)

Directed by
Stefan Prehn
Jörg Wagner

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

Produced by
Michael Sombetzki	....	producer

Cinematography by
Matthias Lehmann

Film Editing by
Andrea Stabenow

Production Design by
Thorwald Kiefel-Kuhls		(as Thorwald Kiefel)

Set Decoration by
Maren Eich

Costume Design by
Patricia Rola
Ute Spangenberg
Anja Vesterling

Makeup Department
Jeanette Naghib	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Michael Sombetzki	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Patrick Orth	....	assistant director

Art Department
Udo A. Engel	....	matte painter
Jörn Staeger	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Rasmus Borowski	....	sound editor
Richard Borowski	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andreas Drewling	....	sound editor
Sascha Heiny	....	sound editor
Jochen Klux	....	sound editor (as Jochen Kux)
Steffen Rose	....	sound editor
Ronny Schmidt	....	production sound mixer

Special Effects by
Dirk Gerbode	....	special effects technician (as Doug Gerbode)
Christian Lau	....	special effects technician
André Orbahn	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Stunts
Josh Haggerty	....	stunts
Soncke M. Korries	....	stunts (as Sönke Korres)

Camera and Electrical Department
Christoph Chassée	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Christian Diaz	....	assistant camera: "b" camera
Giuseppe Gagliano	....	electrician
Stefan Lindenau	....	assistant camera
Jürgen Ruge	....	grip
Till Sadlowsky	....	gaffer (as Till Sadlowski)
Götz Schmidt zu Nedde	....	electrician
Henning Weichert	....	grip
Melanie Zwiehoff	....	still photographer

Animation Department
Daniel Haude	....	animator
Jim Lacy	....	animator

Other crew
Bülent Akgün	....	production runner
Daniel Haude	....	title designer
Jim Lacy	....	title designer
Pauline M'Barek	....	script supervisor
Linda Matern	....	production assistant
Kirsten Paetz	....	caterer
Christian Pötschke	....	consultant
Dierk Rademacher	....	location liaison
Ulrike Rondholz	....	production runner

Production Companies

• Trigon Film

Special Effects

• double action

Other Companies

• Filmförderung Hamburg  funding
• Kulturelle Filmförderung Niedersachsen  funding
• Kulturelle Filmförderung Schleswig-Holstein  funding

Also Known As:

"Staplerfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag" - Germany (original title)
"German Forklift Video" - USA (informal English title)

Runtime:

10 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Germany:16 | Portugal:M/12

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).

Movie Connections:

Featured in Women's Day (2012)

Eww!

At first I thought I was watching one of those cheesy 70's documentaries which used bore us all at school, with its boring educational information. However, this short film starts to get extremely gory, and does it with such ease, as the blood and guts blend in easily, all of which should be taken tongue in cheek. The delivery of the actors is great, seeing their surprised and shocked faces after being impaled, or sliced in half by a metal sheet. By all means see this short film, it's a dark comedy, with lashings of evil dead style gore, to make it something fresh for our viewing pleasure.