(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004)

Three hundred years in the future, Mars is colonized by humans and their leader Regulator Rogul plans to conquer Earth. Queen Königin Metapha is advised to send the gays Captain Kork, the ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Herbig (as Michael Bully Herbig)

Writers:

Michael Herbig (as Michael Bully Herbig), Alfons Biedermann

Stars:

Michael Herbig, Rick Kavanian, Christian Tramitz

10 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Herbig	...	Brigitte Spuck / Abahachi / H2O2 / Winnetouch (as Michael Bully Herbig)
Rick Kavanian	...	Jens Maul / Schrotty / Pulle / Putzmann (Stimme) / Zeitungsvoiceover / Santa Maria-Ansager
Christian Tramitz	...	Käpt'n Kork
Anja Kling	...	Königin Metapha
Til Schweiger	...	Rock Fertig Aus
Sky du Mont	...	William der Letzte / Santa Maria (as Sky Du Mont)
Hans-Michael Rehberg	...	Regulator Rogul
Hans Peter Hallwachs	...	Konsul Kanon
Reiner Schöne	...	Senator Bean
Christoph Maria Herbst	...	Berater von William
Siegfried Terpoorten	...	Jim
Tim Wilde	...	John
Herman van Ulzen	...	Senator Davis
Gerd Rigauer	...	Senator Terry
Heidrun Bartholomäus	...	Senatorin Lea

Storyline

Three hundred years in the future, Mars is colonized by humans and their leader Regulator Rogul plans to conquer Earth. Queen Königin Metapha is advised to send the gays Captain Kork, the Vulcannette Brigitte Spuck and the engineer Schrotty from the Surprise to the past in an experimental time machine to destroy the spaceship that human discovered in Area 51 in 2004 and avoid their technological knowledge in spacecrafts. She summons the trio and the taxi driver Rock Fertig Aus brings them to the meeting but Rogul attacks Earth. In the havoc, Kork, Spuck, Rock and Metapha travel to the past but they are hunted down by the evil Lord Jean Mau. Now the only hope for the human race depends on the success of their mission.

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Plot Keywords:

year 2004 | 14th century | spaceship | time travel | arms tied overhead | 

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Taglines:

Freistilschweber! (Free style floater!)

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [Germany]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

22 July 2004 (Germany)

Also Known As:

A zűrhajó

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€9,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$23,423,546 (Germany), 28 July 2004, Wide Release

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$76,457,401

Company Credits

Production Co:

herbX Film

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The moves of alien H2O2 all are actually Michael Herbig's, filmed in a special suit with markers, then digitalized and animated.

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Goofs

At the end of the movie after they returned home a piece of confetti lands on the princess's cleavage. In the next shot this confetti is gone.

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Quotes

Offizier Internationale Allianz: [checks Rock's ID] I can't read this.
Rock Fertig Aus: Eh..."Rock".
Offizier Internationale Allianz: Rock who?
Rock Fertig Aus: Nothing who; Rock, that's it.
Offizier Internationale Allianz: What do you mean "that's it"?
Rock Fertig Aus: My ex-wife's name is Thats, mine is It: Rock Thats-It.

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Crazy Credits

Spezieller Dank an ... Unsere Wählerinnen und Wähler - Oma (Special thanks to ... our female and male voters - grandma)

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Connections

References Back to the Future Part III (1990)

User Reviews

Embarrassing for Germany

A rather dull brew that Bully (the name says it all) has concocted here: Old jokes with a really really long beard are recycled into a wannabe original Star Trek spoof. Directing and acting are mediocre at best and most of the time just pathetic.

That the movie hides his potential homophobia behind the slogan that the grossly stereotypical gay characters are 'likable' and 'nice' is a rather cheap trick. It would have been really original if the 'gay' characters aren't gay after all, debunking the myth of the effeminate gay man. That a small part of the gay 'scene' in Germany embraces this movie as a positive portrayal of gay men on film shows nothing but their superficialness and ignorance of the normal/ordinary gay men that are definitely tired of the stereotypes pushed on them or the portrayal of gay men as a monolithic group. As another reviewer pointed out, the portrayal of 'the gay men' in the German media nowadays doesn't reflect the diversity of them at all, they are just normal men doing whatever they have to do after all. The way this movie shows anal intercourse as *the* gay sex and makes silly jokes about it is simply pointless, embarrassing and silly. Frankly, just look at the effects movies like this may have on the self-image of gay youth.

That another German low-level toilet-humour comedian, Mr. Raab, is part of the movie doesn't surprise me at all. To show this movie as a great German comedy is simply embarrassing for Germany - or it proves that the stereotypes concerning German humour are either embraced by the German media or not that wrong after all. On the other hand they maybe wanted to go for it and remake one of those silly Hollywood comedies - they shouldn't waste their money like that. When reading the news one wonders whether the huge amount of money spent on this movie may be needed elsewhere. And if you want to watch good comedies in German, go and watch some Austrian ones.