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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| 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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9 July 1998 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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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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I definitely enjoyed viewing this film at one of its first showings at Filmfest Hamburg back in 1998. I especially admire the almost documentary-like realism with which the long train trip from Germany to Kemijärvi, Finland is depicted (seems that the ferry company Silja line sponsored the film - after all, its ship gets a lot of footage). As to the story, it seemed rather weird to me despite the fact that my own attitude towards trains and timetables is not so far removed from that of the film's protagonist. And isn't it awkward that this "International contest of train timetable experts" takes place, of all, in Inari, which was never reached by any railway, forcing the participants to take a bus for the last stage of their journey?