Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
John Friedmann | ... | Erkan (as Erkan Maria Moosleitner) | |
Florian Simbeck | ... | Stefan (as Stefan Lust) | |
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Alexandra Neldel | ... | Nina |
Manfred Zapatka | ... | Herr Eckernförde | |
Siegfried Terpoorten | ... | Carstens | |
Tim Wilde | ... | Bendig | |
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Luc Feit | ... | Melzer |
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Monika Manz | ... | Mutter Stefan |
Peter Rappenglück | ... | Horst | |
Anna Böttcher | ... | Bunny | |
Marek Wlodarczyk | ... | Pitbull Rado | |
Joel Kirby | ... | Cruise | |
Errol Shaker | ... | General of Army Browser | |
Jeffrey Mittleman | ... | Agent Ryan | |
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Robert Swift | ... | Lt. March |
Editor Eckernförde has come into the possession of an audiocassette that contains a recording of the last minutes of deceased politician Uwe Barschel. The circumstances of his untimely death have never been completely resolved - until now. Unfortunately, the editor's daughter Nina accidentally takes the tape with her to Munich, where she is about to visit her paralyzed Mom in a sanatorium. When this information reaches the CIA and the BND, both organizations compete to get hold of the tape. Meanwhile Erkan & Stefan, two loveable wannabe supercheckers from Munich, are assigned as bodyguards for Nina - of course, they are expected to mess up their job, so that the tape can be retrieved. But the two friends prove to be a bit more streetwise than CIA or BND ever expected. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
I enjoyed Erkan & Stefan a cool and fast story which didn't get bogged down in detail. Those two guys are great to see and are able to come up with new ideas all the time. The high quality of picture and cut support the movie a lot.
Erkan & Stefan show that the German film industry is capable of transferring successful Hollywood concepts with local `satire' into our cinemas.