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Schtonk

  • 19921992
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Götz George and Uwe Ochsenknecht in Schtonk (1992)
Comedy
The slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.The slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.The slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
3.7K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
50,545
7,023
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    • Director
      • Helmut Dietl
    • Writers
      • Helmut Dietl(screenplay)
      • Ulrich Limmer(screenplay)
      • Peter Märthesheimer(original story concept)
    • Stars
      • Götz George
      • Uwe Ochsenknecht
      • Christiane Hörbiger
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    • Director
      • Helmut Dietl
    • Writers
      • Helmut Dietl(screenplay)
      • Ulrich Limmer(screenplay)
      • Peter Märthesheimer(original story concept)
    • Stars
      • Götz George
      • Uwe Ochsenknecht
      • Christiane Hörbiger
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    • 19User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 7 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Götz George
    Götz George
    • Hermann Willié
    Uwe Ochsenknecht
    Uwe Ochsenknecht
    • Fritz Knobel
    Christiane Hörbiger
    Christiane Hörbiger
    • Freya von Hepp
    Dagmar Manzel
    • Biggi
    Rolf Hoppe
    Rolf Hoppe
    • Karl Lentz
    Veronica Ferres
    Veronica Ferres
    • Martha
    Ulrich Mühe
    Ulrich Mühe
    • Dr. Wieland
    Martin Benrath
    Martin Benrath
    • Uwe Esser
    Hermann Lause
    • Kurt Glück
    Karl Schönböck
    Karl Schönböck
    • Professor Strasser
    Rosemarie Fendel
    Rosemarie Fendel
    • Mrs. Lentz
    Georg Marischka
    • Von Klantz
    Thomas Holtzmann
    Thomas Holtzmann
    • Notary Cornelius
    Hark Bohm
    Hark Bohm
    • Catholic pastor
    Willy Harlander
    • Bavarian customs officer
    Hans-Joachim Hegewald
    • Schuhback
    • (as Hans Joachim Hegewald)
    Peter Roggisch
    • Obersturmbannführer
    Armin Rohde
    Armin Rohde
    • SS man
    • (as Armin Rhode)
    • Director
      • Helmut Dietl
    • Writers
      • Helmut Dietl(screenplay) (original story concept)
      • Ulrich Limmer(screenplay) (story)
      • Peter Märthesheimer(original story concept)
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    • Trivia
      Based upon a true story.
    • Goofs
      When Freya von Hepp hands Hermann Willié Göring's bathrobe and offers him to try it on, Willié's answer doesn't match his almost motionless lips.
    • Quotes

      Fritz Knobel: [writing Hitler's diary] The superhuman effords of the last days create flatulences in the intestinal and Eva says, I have bad breath.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Prologue 1st Act from Lohengrin
      Composed by Richard Wagner

      Performed by the London Philharmonia (as the New Philharmonic Orchestra London)

      Direction by Alfred Scholz

      Courtesy of Selected Sound Musikverlag

    User reviews19

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    Farce!
    I don't understand why this German satire, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, has never been released in NTSC video format. There are numerous lesser foreign films available on video in the US and Canada, but mysteriously not "Schtonk!". I've wanted to see this movie for years and seized the opportunity the other day when I found it at a movie lover's video store (Scarecrow Video, Seattle, WA) in PAL format. This required me to rent a machine that converts the PAL signal, and as I paid the $800 deposit to the store clerk for said machine I joked, "This better be worth the wait" (and the deposit).

    The success of the comedy in "Schtonk!" is due to the fact that it is based in fact. If it weren't for this being an actual event in German history, the ludicrous story would seem just too stupid to be funny. The idiocy of the characters actions is of course embellished, which is why the movie is so good. The magazine reporter desperate for a scandalous scoop is brilliantly played like a man who wants the big story so bad he will believe anything. And he does. Once he stumbles on to the Hitler "diaries" he and the rest of the press can't get enough. This movie obviously works on several levels, some of which I don't quite appreciate being I am not German, but one universal statement is that of the press having the role of gatekeeper, the ability to decide what is a "story", and the consequences when that ability is misused.

    I've seen Uwe Ochsenknecht in a couple of Doris Dörrie movies and found him to be a talented comedic actor. His portrayal of the "diaries" forger is one more great performance. The farcical telling of his role in the hoax serves as a vital display of how absurd and fascinating a story this con was. Such details as his reasoning for using the initials F.H. and his taking on the characteristics of Hitler the deeper he got into his work are hilarious subtleties that play an important part in the greater humor of the entire film. The story did seem to drag on in a couple places, perhaps a little more editing could have been implemented, but that won't deter me from recommending this fun satire or seeing it again and again myself. I've been looking forward to seeing "Schtonk!" for the last 12 years, and now that I've seen it I can honestly say I am not disappointed.
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    • Feb 15, 2004

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    • Release date
      • March 12, 1992 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • 冒牌貨
    • Filming locations
      • Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    • Production company
      • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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    • Budget
      • DEM 16,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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