Der Clown (2005)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Sebastian Vigg

Writer:

Timo Berndt (screenplay)

Release Date:

24 March 2005 (Germany)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Transportpanzer Fuchs | Bundeswehr | Gold Theft | Clown | Beautiful Woman

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Sven Martinek	...	Max Hecker
Eva Habermann	...	Leah Diehl
Thomas Anzenhofer	...	Tobias 'Dobbs' Steiger
Götz Otto	...	Zorbek
Dirk Heinrichs	...	Marten
Oscar Ortega Sánchez	...	Kameramann
Martin Brambach	...	Kähler
Xaver Hutter	...	Salbach
Diana Frank	...	Claudia Diehl
Xenia Seeberg	...	Mona
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christian Beuter	...	Polizist
Thomas Born	...	Tom
Patrice Bouédibéla	...	Daib
Stefan Gebelhoff	...	Wolff
Bernhard Hoëcker	...	Erdoan
Dave Mallow	...	Tobias 'Dobbs' Steiger (voice: English version)
Claudia Mehnert	...	Antonia
Pat Murphy	...	Polizist
Stefan Richter	...	Soldier
Andreas Schmidt-Schaller	...	Führmann
Frank-Leo Schröder	...	Leah´s Boss
Stefan Weinert	...	Martin schneider
Crisjan Zöllner	...	Soldat

Also Known As:

The Clown: Payday (UK) (TV title)

Runtime:

Germany:104 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-15 (VHS rating) (2006) | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Cologne, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

Action Concept Cinema & Company

Trivia:

Holds a record for the most expensive German movie screenplay. During development, producers demanded constant rewrites from the original authors -- who had to be paid for every single draft. Then, after the production had already spent around 250.000 Euro on the script, it was finally rejected and writer Timo Berndt started from scratch to write the script that ended up being used.

Goofs:

Continuity: Eva Habermann has through the whole movie some cream boots except in the scenes where she sprang out of the helicopter on the roof of the building. There she had some terrain flat shoes in same color.

Movie Connections:

Follows Der Clown (1996) (TV)

I *loved* the series

But whoever came up with this crap? The series had more action, more funny lines, and a packed story altogether. The effects are crappier than I've ever seen before. Take the shot with the lorry that's being rocketed - you clearly see a dummy driving. Or the shot where a car passes a tram, it's clearly computer generated.

Might not be that bad, but untrue characters that do really stupid moves, it might have been acceptable at the beginning of cinema.

And then the soundtrack. After practically every scene a bit of English or German noise has to be added. Why, is it a musical or what?

Really awful and unbelievable. We've seen many events in other movies before, and a lot better. I loved Kommissar Rex, Derrick, Der Alte, Der Klown, but this is major C*R*A*P!