As Captain Marvel and Shazam hit the skies from opposing sides of the DC/Marvel showdown, see how, at one point, they both had the same name.
Title: Schultze Gets the Blues (2003)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 |
Schultze is a retired lignite miner living in an East German village and a passionate Polka musician on his accordion. One night he listens to a Zydeco tune in the radio, which changes his taste of music radically. Notwithstanding his complete ignorance of the English language he starts a trip into the heart of the Zydeco; to Louisana. Written by Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>
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.