Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Henry Hübchen | ... | Oskar |
Moritz Bleibtreu | ... | Valentin | |
Corinna Harfouch | ... | Maria | |
Nadeshda Brennicke | ... | Diana | |
Josef Hader | ... | Nowak | |
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Roland Düringer | ... | Belmondo |
Paulus Manker | ... | Leo | |
Karlheinz Hackl | ... | Konstantin | |
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Vincent Klink | ... | Paul |
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Georg Veitl | ... | Klein |
Georg Friedrich | ... | Barkeeper Tom | |
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Jumbo Schreiner | ... | Tyson |
Cornelius Obonya | ... | Anwalt Lupo | |
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Zoltan Deme | ... | Juniorchef (as Zoltán Deme) |
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Igor Cillík | ... | Bestatter Sorowski |
A killer for the Russian Mafia in Vienna wants to retire and write a book about his passion - cooking. The mafia godfather suspects treason.
Austrian movies have a certain something, "the" something that the renowned Silentium earlier this year managed to communicate to the audience. The something, well, it is this slightly morbid, self-conscious and a little mischievous attitude of Austrian actors and directors. There is a saying "The Austrian has a close personal relationship with his pimples", which must sound quite amusing outside of Austria.
While all this adds a certain charm to local productions, c(r)ook fails to deliver it, and that is mainly because of it's German cast, which -as usual- fails completely to trade on anything that is not German. Moritz Bleibtreu is a welcome change of pace, but all the other Germans, were they really necessary? There is even a cheesy voice-over to camouflage Duringer's Viennese accent for the German audience, which is so completely annoying that it almost made us quit the movie and leave. 6/10