This has some really bad weaknesses but it is entertaining.
First, this is actually based, very loosely, on a real event although the detail of the plot is fictitious melodrama. Names changed of course.
Second, I have only seen the English language which has some serious faults. The dubbing and lip synching is poor. The accents are Brummie, presumably to cash in on the Peaky Blinder market (I know the Bavarians have an unusual accent so it may be recreating that, I don't know if it is accurate). The characters have a Pantomime-like lack of depth. I would like to think the German version is more substantial. The English script is woeful.
Third, it really has nothing to do with the Oktoberfest, or not as we know it today.
Finally, the overwhelming background music is irritating and distracting and is really there to distract from the weaknesses in characterisation.
I think I preferred Clouseau in the Oktoberfest. However, this makes for passable viewing.
First, this is actually based, very loosely, on a real event although the detail of the plot is fictitious melodrama. Names changed of course.
Second, I have only seen the English language which has some serious faults. The dubbing and lip synching is poor. The accents are Brummie, presumably to cash in on the Peaky Blinder market (I know the Bavarians have an unusual accent so it may be recreating that, I don't know if it is accurate). The characters have a Pantomime-like lack of depth. I would like to think the German version is more substantial. The English script is woeful.
Third, it really has nothing to do with the Oktoberfest, or not as we know it today.
Finally, the overwhelming background music is irritating and distracting and is really there to distract from the weaknesses in characterisation.
I think I preferred Clouseau in the Oktoberfest. However, this makes for passable viewing.