Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
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Hans Weingartner
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Cast
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| Daniel Brühl | ... | Jan | |
| Julia Jentsch | ... | Jule | |
| Stipe Erceg | ... | Peter | |
| Burghart Klaußner | ... | Hardenberg (as Burghart Klaussner) | |
| Peer Martiny | ... | Villenbesitzer Jürgen | |
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Petra Zieser | ... | Villenbesitzerin |
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Laura Schmidt | ... | Tochter Laura |
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Sebastian Butz | ... | Sohn |
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Oliver Bröcker | ... | Aggressiver Globalisierungsgegner |
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Knut Berger | ... | Globalisierungsgegner |
| Hanns Zischler | ... | Vermieter | |
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Claudio Caiolo | ... | Paolo |
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Bernhard Bettermann | ... | Jules Chef |
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Sylvia Haider | ... | Neureiche Frau 1 |
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Claudia Jakobshagen | ... | Neureiche Frau 2 |
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Berlin student Jule is hoplessly indebted due to an accident she caused, uninsuredly hitting a rich businessman's limousine. Evicted from her flat she moves in with her boyfrend Peter and soon learns that Peter and his flatmate, Jan, are breaking into luxurious mansions at night. Instead of stealing or vandalizing, though, they carefully and ornately rearrange furniture and valulables and leave obscure messages. Jule convinces Jan, who has a crush on her, to pay a visit to the villa of her creditor. Written by Armin Ortmann {armin@sfb288.math.tu-berlin.de}
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Release Date:
25 November 2004 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$10,075, 24 July 2005Gross USA:
$175,493Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$8,152,859Company Credits
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Peter: It's not who invented the gun, man. It's who pulls the trigger.
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The song "Where's The Real Sky" is credited to Jeff Cole on the soundtrack and was mentioned in the movie as a favorite artist of Jan and Jule. Jeff Cole is a pseudonym for the score-writer, Andreas Wodraschke. The singer is his friend Sam Genders of London. See more »Goofs
When Jan and Peter are driving with their van. You can see in the back window of the van a camera man with his camera. See more »Quotes
Hardenberg: I admit that some of what you say is true, but I'm the wrong person to be blamed for. Yes, I've been playing the game but I didn't make up the rules.Peter: It's not who invented the gun, man. It's who pulls the trigger.
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Crazy Credits
There is an additional take after the credits related to the last project of the three protagonists. See more »Alternate Versions
All foreign (non-German) theatrical versions omit a scene in the ending. The reason for this is that the scene had not been finished at the time the movie was shown at the Cannes film festival. But the distribution rights had already been sold to 44 countries and the director didn't want to force local distributors to take the new ending. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I went to see the film completely unprepared, and I left the theatre rather euphoric. I liked the film because of the amiable story, the roughly-sketched but believable characters (even if we don't learn too much about their backgrounds) and the funny, witty dialog. And last but not least the surprise in the end -- until three minutes to the end I wouldn't have had an idea how to end a story like this.
The four main characters were cast exceptionally well, and the dialog -- whew! Yes, the kidnappers seem very naive (so does the manager, btw, in another way), and the words they use are heavy with cliché, but it's not a message of any kind that's new and interesting. It's what happens beyond words: I've rarely seen people in a movie talk and talk so much about convictions and ideology, but all the really important things happen inside them and without words.
So go and watch this film but don't jump on the political statements. Things might have some more layers here.