Der Wixxer (2004)

A mysterious serial killer is shocking the underworld. Scotland Yard is investigating the case. Clues lead the detectives to Blackwhite Castle.

Director:

Tobi Baumann

Writers:

Oliver Kalkofe, Oliver Welke

Stars:

Oliver Kalkofe, Bastian Pastewka, Thomas Fritsch

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Oliver Kalkofe	...	Even Longer / Kreischende Frau
Bastian Pastewka	...	Very Long / Rosenverkäufer
Tanja Wenzel	...	Miss Pennymarket
Olli Dittrich	...	Dieter Dubinsky
Thomas Heinze	...	Rather Short / Der Wixxer neu
Anke Engelke	...	Doris Dubinsky
Thomas Fritsch	...	Earl of Cockwood
Christoph Maria Herbst	...	Hatler
Wolfgang Völz	...	Sir John
Antoine Monot Jr.	...	Der taube Jack
Lars Rudolph	...	Smeerlap
Eva Ebner	...	Miss Drycunt
Oliver Welke	...	Dr. Brinkman
André Meyer	...	Pommi
Daniel Steiner	...	Fritti

Storyline

A mysterious serial killer is shocking the underworld. Scotland Yard is investigating the case. Clues lead the detectives to Blackwhite Castle.

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Plot Keywords:

castle | wooden leg | phallus | haunted by the past | blind man | 

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Taglines:

Er kommt (He's coming)

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

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Did You Know?

Trivia

When Even Longer fights Smeerlap's men in the harbour, a box opens and four girls jump out. They are Ludmila Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, Vanessa Petruo and Nadja Benaissa, the No Angels.

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Goofs

Doris and Dieter Dubinsky are supposed to be from Bitterfeld and speak with a Saxonian accent the whole time. Bitterfeld is a town in Saxony-Anhalt where the population doesn't speak the deep Saxonian accent which is spoken in most parts of Saxony. However, it is a running gag for most comedians to speak with such an accent when portraying characters from Eastern Germany, no matter if they speak the accent in the region or not, therefore it is intentional.

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Quotes

Inspector Very Long: to Chief Inspector Even Longer: The nicest thing you ever said to me was 'There, you can have my coffee. It tastes like shit.'

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Crazy Credits

There is an additional scene after the credits have ended.

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Connections

Spoofs Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961)

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Soundtracks

Looking For Freedom
Original lyrics by Auf der Straße nach Süden
Written by Jack White / Jon Athan (german version) / Garry Cowton (english version)
© 1978 by Young Musikverlag München
(BMG Music Publishing Germany), München worldwide / RMI (Radio Music International) for D/A/CH
Performed by David Hasselhoff
By courtesy of BMG Ariola München GmbH

User Reviews

to me a most funny & lovely hommage!

Hi!

I also can only recommend this movie - not only to fans of the (main) actors but even more to those who love the old Edgar Wallace-movies.

I think that several jokes cannot fully be understood without knowing them - the criminal Kermit itself is a hit but the joke works even better when you know the original movie-title "Der Frosch mit der Maske" (The Frog With The Mask). What also pleased me very much was how some of the original characters have been imitated - behind Smeerlap I always saw Klaus Kinski,

Oliver Kalkofe is a perfect mixture of Joachim Fuchsberger and Heinz Drache and Bastian Pastewka spreads the same charme as his "original" Eddie Aren't.

This is not just kiddin' the old movies (as less as "Der Schuh des Manitu" is just kiddin' Winnetou, even if Pierre Brice still hasn't perceived it yet) - for me it is a loving hommage to these old movies.

And more over I'm glad to see that good German comedy is rare, indeed, but not dead!

Once there was a movie "Der Hexer", now there's "Der Wixxer". And once there was a movie "Neues vom Hexer" - can we expect "Neues vom Wixxer"? I would appreciate it very much!

Cheers

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

20 May 2004 (Germany)

Also Known As:

The Trixxer

Filming Locations:

Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

EUR4,700,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$13,607,165

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rat Pack Filmproduktion, Medienfonds GFP, SevenPictures Film

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1