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The Pharmacist

Original title: Die Apothekerin
  • 1997
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
982
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The Pharmacist (1997)
ComedyCrimeDrama

Hella is around 30 and works in a pharmacy. She is waiting for the right man to step into her life, but as she has a certain affinity for losers, she is kind of disillusionized. When she get... Read allHella is around 30 and works in a pharmacy. She is waiting for the right man to step into her life, but as she has a certain affinity for losers, she is kind of disillusionized. When she gets to know Levin, a dentist student who likes cars most, her dreams seem to come true. Levi... Read allHella is around 30 and works in a pharmacy. She is waiting for the right man to step into her life, but as she has a certain affinity for losers, she is kind of disillusionized. When she gets to know Levin, a dentist student who likes cars most, her dreams seem to come true. Levin has a very rich grandfather who likes her at first glance. The old man thinks of changin... Read all

  • Director
    • Rainer Kaufmann
  • Writers
    • Ingrid Noll
    • Ralf Hertwig
    • Kathrin Richter
  • Stars
    • Katja Riemann
    • Jürgen Vogel
    • Richy Müller
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    982
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Rainer Kaufmann
    • Writers
      • Ingrid Noll
      • Ralf Hertwig
      • Kathrin Richter
    • Stars
      • Katja Riemann
      • Jürgen Vogel
      • Richy Müller
    • 3User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations

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    Katja Riemann
    Katja Riemann
    • Hella Moormann
    Jürgen Vogel
    Jürgen Vogel
    • Levin Graber
    Richy Müller
    Richy Müller
    • Dieter Krosmansky
    Isabella Parkinson
    Isabella Parkinson
    • Margot Krosmansky
    August Zirner
    August Zirner
    • Pawel Siebert
    Dagmar Manzel
    • Dorit Meissen
    Andrea Sawatzki
    Andrea Sawatzki
    • Alma Siebert
    Joachim Tomaschewsky
    • Hermann Graber
    Daniele Legler
    • Gero
    Eva Ingeborg Scholz
    Eva Ingeborg Scholz
    • Gudrun Moormann
    Friedrich von Thun
    Friedrich von Thun
    • Rolf Moormann
    Jan-Gregor Kremp
    • Bob Moormann
    Dominic Raacke
    Dominic Raacke
    • Kripobeamter
    Christian Baus
    • Apotheken-Räuber
    Maren Eggert
    Maren Eggert
    • Kommillitonin
    Joseph Hannesschläger
    • Autoverkäufer
    • (as Josef Hannesschläger)
    Ralf Hertwig
    • Kranker Apothekenkunde
    Thomas Klausmann
    • Schweinemann
    • Director
      • Rainer Kaufmann
    • Writers
      • Ingrid Noll
      • Ralf Hertwig
      • Kathrin Richter
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    • Alternate versions
      According to director Rainer Kaufmann the following scenes were cut from the final release:
      • Originally there was a scene after the funeral of Margot where Dieter tells Hella about his relationship with Margot. According to the director this was cut because the next scene does explain the same and works better.
      • The fight between Dieter and Levin was cut for violence (possibly to secure a "Not under 12" rating). In the uncut scene you saw how they fight and how levin loses his teeth.
      • The scene where Alma explores the house was longer. This was cut to shorten running time.
    • Connections
      Features Derrick (1974)

    User reviews3

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    8/10
    Made me look at the story from another point of view
    Wow! This is the first time I find that a movie and the book it is based upon perfectly complement one another. I read Ingrid Noll's novel and I liked it but something disturbed me. Now I know what it is. The book had an unnecessary feminist undertone, it tried to demonstrate female power a bit too explicitly.

    By leaving out the frame story with the old woman in hospital whom Hella tells her story to, this undertone disappears in Rainer Kaufmann's excellent film version. The two guys, Levin and Dieter, are still the losers, of course, and Hella is the triumphant but that alone doesn't make her out to be some female heroine. I was able to see the same story from a completely different point of view: as nothing else but simply a dark, cruel crime drama, full of suspense and some humour, not unauthentic but still rather un-German (in fact, German humour is not exactly what Austrians like).

    Romantic comedy star Katja Riemann may have been a complete failure but she gives quite a convincing performance. Jürgen Vogel overacts a little bit, but for Richy Müller the perfectly unlikeable prole Dieter could have been his best role ever.

    I don't know whether the movie was released in the United States and if it was kind of successful, but I'd like to recommend it to everybody. I think even Americans who don't normally like European movies could enjoy it. Only if you get sick easily, you should at least look away once or twice. There are some really disgusting scenes.
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    • Jan 6, 2002

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 2, 1997 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Den lömska apotekerskan
    • Filming locations
      • Elisabethstraße 7, 80796 Munich, Bavaria, Germany(as the Pharmacy)
    • Production company
      • Senator Film Produktion
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    • Budget
      • DEM 20,000,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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