The Vexxer (2007)

The Vexxer is back. The notorious criminal mastermind wants to murder seven people in one day. Inspectors Even Longer and Very Long will do everything in their power to stop the Vexxer.

Directors:

Cyrill Boss, Philipp Stennert

Writers:

Oliver Kalkofe, Oliver Welke

Stars:

Oliver Kalkofe, Bastian Pastewka, Joachim Fuchsberger

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Oliver Kalkofe	...	Even Longer / Pickeliger Teenager
Bastian Pastewka	...	Very Long / Roseninder / Onanierender Otter
Joachim Fuchsberger	...	Lord Dickham
Christiane Paul	...	Victoria Dickham
Christoph Maria Herbst	...	Dr. Alfons Hatler
Wolfgang Völz	...	Sir John
Sonja Kirchberger	...	Lady Dickham
Judy Winter	...	Schwester Lucipha
Christian Tramitz	...	Much Longer
Oliver Welke	...	Dr. Brinkman
Chris Howland	...	Butler Hudson
Lars Rudolph	...	Chucky Norris
Gregor Bauer	...	Blacky
Dennis Gansel	...	Singender Bobby 1
Jörg Strombach	...	Singender Bobby 2

Storyline

The Vexxer is back. The notorious criminal mastermind wants to murder seven people in one day. Inspectors Even Longer and Very Long will do everything in their power to stop the Vexxer.

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Plot Keywords:

bullet time | slapstick comedy | scotland yard | police officer | police detective | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

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Did You Know?

Trivia

When Much Longer (Christian Tramitz) names all the former nicknames of Even Longer (Oliver Kalkofe), he also lists "Speckbulette" (lard meatball). That is a direct reference to a lawsuit against Oliver Kalkofe from 1995 when, on his show Kalkofes Mattscheibe (1994), he described the German Partysingers Klaus Büchner and Klaus Baumgart as "Schielende Klobürste und Freund Speckbulette" (squinting toilet brush and friend lard meatball). Baumgart felt insulted and sued Kalkofe for that. However, the district court of Oldenburg ruled in favor of Kalkofe. Later it was a PG campaign from Baumgart's management.

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Quotes

Lord Dickham: [being in the black and white monastery St. Vokuhila] I used to work a lot in black and white.

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Crazy Credits

Fitting the retro subject of the movie the old colorful intro screen of distributor Constantin Film has been used at the very beginning.

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Alternate Versions

In the theatrical version, you can see outtakes and the cast performing together with British band Madness while the end credits run. In the TV version you see the same but without the credits.

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Connections

Spoofs The Black Forest Clinic (1985)

User Reviews

Let Eddie Wallace Rest in Peace

More lamebrain jokes and sledgehammer slapstick in the worst tradition of German comedy, along with rampantly bad acting, terrible dialogue and a pseudo storyline on which to hang one weak gag after another.

Of course, the three comedians-screenwriters love what they're mocking and about every tenth joke is admittedly mildly funny in a guilty-pleasure way, but, all in all, it's strictly puerile and embarrassing nonsense without any sense of character and situational comedy.

Watch one of the sixties Edgar Wallace flicks instead. They're much funnier... unintentionally so.

3 out of 10 stair lift chases

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

11 March 2007 (Germany)

Also Known As:

The Vexxer

Filming Locations:

Prague, Czech Republic

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,578,307

Company Credits

Production Co:

B.A. Produktion, Medienfonds GFP, Rat Pack Filmproduktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1