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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Markus Krojer | ... | Sebastian | |
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Fritz Karl | ... | Lorenz |
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Jürgen Tonkel | ... | Alfred |
Jule Ronstedt | ... | Veronika | |
Saskia Vester | ... | Frau Kramer | |
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Franz Xaver Brückner | ... | Franz |
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Hans Schuler | ... | Graudinger (as Johann Schuler) |
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Sepp Schauer | ... | Proske |
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Heinz-Josef Braun | ... | Gumberger |
Tim Seyfi | ... | Kaffl | |
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Pia Lautenbacher | ... | Evi |
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Klaus Steinbacher | ... | Toni (as Klausi Steinbacher) |
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Johanna Bittenbinder | ... | Mutter in der Sprechstunde |
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Monika Manz | ... | Kassiererin im Supermarkt |
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Alexander Liegl | ... | Notarzt |
Marcus H. Rosenmüller's first feature movie deals with a boy thinking that he is responsible for his mother's death and his unusual way to fight his feelings of guilt. 11-year-old Sebastian lives with his father and brother Franz in a Bavarian village. One day, he learns that his mother died on his birthday, which makes him believe he was to blame for her death. Dreaming of purgatory, Sebastian sees only two ways to avoid this divine punishment: becoming an immortal rock star or find a new wife for his father... Written by fippi2000
I was a little wary of this movie, German comedy is often too shallow and unimaginative. But Rosenmüller went the other way instead, choosing to make a deliberately whacky and funnily dark movie about a kid seeking immortality to escape eternal punishment for his mother's death. That's a great concept, the movie plays it for what it's worth and the Bavarian setting in all it's strangeness helps a lot. For me, there is a problem, though: the leading role. Finding a 11-year old who can act is hard, I personally can think of only one or two movies with boys figuring prominently that they didn't sink. Girls seem to do a better job of it somehow.
Anyway, Markus Krojer is no exception to the rule. His acting is wooden, he barely seems to be able to act his role rather than himself (or at least it seems like that. Never met him.) He's just a kid, so no blame there, but it hurts the movie.
Fundamentally, Bavarian comedy is an exception from the "Germans have no sense of humor"-rule. At their best, they live up to the Brits. "Wer früher stirbt..." is proof of that once again.