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Schultze Gets the Blues

  • 20032003
  • PGPG
  • 1h 54m
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7.0/10
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Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.
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  • Director
    • Michael Schorr
  • Writer
    • Michael Schorr
  • Stars
    • Horst Krause
    • Harald Warmbrunn
    • Karl-Fred Müller
  • Director
    • Michael Schorr
  • Writer
    • Michael Schorr
  • Stars
    • Horst Krause
    • Harald Warmbrunn
    • Karl-Fred Müller
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 64User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 5 nominations

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    Horst Krause
    Horst Krause
    • Schultze
    Harald Warmbrunn
    • Jürgen
    Karl-Fred Müller
    • Manfred
    Ursula Schucht
    • Jürgen's Wife
    Hannelore Schubert
    • Manfred's Wife
    Erwin Meinicke
    • Skatspieler
    Hans Hohmann
    • Skatspieler
    Siegfried Zimmermann
    • Skatspieler
    Maik Gustävel
    • Automaten-Monteur
    Annegret Fritz
    • Wirtin
    Wolfgang Boos
    • Gatekeeper
    Werner Boche
    • Rasenpfleger
    Dora Solter
    • Dame
    Anna Spengler
    • Dame
    Erika Kirchhof
    • Dame
    Leo Fischer
    • Head of Music Club
    Günter Dziewicki
    • Vereins-Musiker
    Hans-Dieter Dziewicki
    • Vereins-Musiker
    • Director
      • Michael Schorr
    • Writer
      • Michael Schorr
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Goofs
      In one of the dancing scenes, a crewmember runs across the screen as the camera follows the elderly dancing couples.
    • Quotes

      Captain Kirk: [while hooking up Schultze's boat] I'm captain Kirk.

    • Connections
      References Star Trek (1966)
    • Soundtracks
      Long Temps Passe
      Written by Bruce Barnes

      Performed by Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots

      from the album "The Language of New Orleans, Vol. 5: Zydeco"

    User reviews64

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    9/10
    Wunderbar!
    Sehr gut! This wonderful slice of life and comment on Thoreau's observation of people "living lives of quiet desperation," is so well done, it leaves me reflecting on it long after having seen it. Schultzie, a retired miner, who plays the accordion and hangs out with his at-loose-ends friends, hears some zydeco one night on the radio and starts to play it. He doesn't even know the name of the tune and certainly has no cultural connections with the music but he plays after hearing it once and extends his experience playing polkas to incorporate this new rhythm and beat into his playing. He does it with such a nonchalance and earnest commitment that he even takes him by surprise. The scene where he plays his new found music with his fellow burghers is amazing. His friends rally to his support while the more traditionalists object to this "nigger music." The whole film is a series of embroidered vignettes of still shots which are pasted on the wall with the characters moving slowly across them. The pace is slow and there are lots of gaps but that only adds to the charm of this delightful little film. It is full of sentiment without becoming sentimental, poignant but never maudlin and lingers long in the memory.
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    • artzau
    • Sep 5, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 22, 2004 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official site
      • official website (german and english) (Germany)
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Шульце играет блюз
    • Filming locations
      • Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Filmkombinat
      • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $595,071
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,074
      • Feb 20, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,034,232
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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