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Overview
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Writer:
Sebastian Schipper (writer)
Release Date:
26 October 2006 (Germany) more
Awards:
1 nomination more
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Review more (7 total)
Cast
(Credited cast)| Daniel Brühl | ... | Karl | |
| Jürgen Vogel | ... | Hans | |
| Sabine Timoteo | ... | Stelle | |
| Peter Kurth | ... | Fernandez | |
| Michael Wittenborn | ... | Naumann | |
| Oktay Özdemir | ... | Theo | |
| Steffen Groth | ... | Frank | |
| Jan Ole Gerster | ... | Cornelius | |
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| Bernardus Manders | ... | Geschäftsmann (as Berry Manders) | |
| Jens Münchow | |||
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A Friend of Mine (Europe: English title) (festival title)
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Germany:84 min | Argentina:84 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Daniel Brühl and Jürgen Vogel broke Will Smith's world record for most public appearances on the red carpet in 12 hours by attending the movie's premiere in Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Cologne (22 October 2006). more
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Continuity: When Karl and Hans drive the Porches they stop side by side. For a brief moment there is a refuge between the cars. When they drive off it has disappeared. more
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| When can we see it in the US? | football-chick223 |
| OST | gorkovoy |
| The scene at the airport: 'Bernd' and ??? | xoldeuropex |
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Despite his successful career at a car insurance company, Karl (Daniel Bruhl) is unfulfilled by life. Sent to a car rental company as a spy, he meets the wild Hans (Jurgen Vogel) whose intrinsic happiness and carefree nature is incomprehensible to Karl. Thus unravels the friendship between our two protagonists, with the help of some excellent comic scenes involving nude driving and a cleverly constructed Spanish dialogue between Karl and Stelle (Sabine Timoteo). Sebastion Schipper introduces his characters with humour and compassion and reflects on the complexity and contradictions of human nature. Unfortunately, however, the viewer is left unsatisfied by the depth to which Shipper's narrative takes us.Indeed, much like Karl at the film's beginning, the viewer leaves this movie feeling somewhat unfulfilled.