Hannes is a beer-truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Time-Table Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra ...
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Title: Train Birds (1998)
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4 wins & 2 nominations.
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Cast
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| Joachim Król | ... | Hannes Weber | |
| Outi Mäenpää | ... | Sirpa Salonen | |
| Peter Lohmeyer | ... | Kommissar Franck | |
| Jochen Nickel | ... | Lothar | |
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Antje Schmidt | ... | Die Kleine vom Supermarkt |
| Nina Petri | ... | Frau Kößner, Sekretärin | |
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Charlie Hendricks | ... | Kalle, Entlassener |
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Johannes Herrschmann | ... | Chef |
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Dagmar Sachse | ... | Schachspielerin |
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Anna Posthoff | ... | Kind im Zug |
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Hilmi Sözer | ... | Harry, Assistent |
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Oliver Marlo | ... | Lako, Schlafwagenschaffner |
| Peter Franke | ... | Karl-Heinz, Inari-Fan | |
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Beatrix Albl | ... | Frau im Trenchcoat |
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Didi Jünemann | ... | Hein, Zugprüfer |
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Hannes is a beer-truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Time-Table Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad... On his journey to Finland by train, followed by the police, he meets lot of folks and the love of his life. Written by Sascha Tubbesing <saschat@gmx.de>
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Performed by Eino Grön
Written by Reino Markkula (as Markkula) / Juha Vainio (as Vainio) / Esko Linnavalli (as Linnavalli)
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In Helsinki, Sirpa puts water on her husband's computer keyboard. It's a German keyboard with umlauts (ä,ö,ü) instead of a Finnish one. See more »Crazy Credits
Pauli Pentti's screen credit is preceeded by the following: "and for the first (and probably last) time on the screen" See more »Soundtracks
Sä kuulut päivään jokaiseenPerformed by Eino Grön
Written by Reino Markkula (as Markkula) / Juha Vainio (as Vainio) / Esko Linnavalli (as Linnavalli)
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The film is one of the few precious ones, which takes itself time to tell a story about love and the difference between the "fastest" and the "best" connection to reach a destination. "Zugvögel" made me think of how to live a life: in a fast or in the best way. Well, with the love beside you, it's worth to make a detour.