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Forwards Ever!

Original title: Vorwärts immer!
  • 20172017
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
317
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Forwards Ever! (2017)
Comedy
Berlin 1989, shortly before the fall of the Wall: While the actor Otto is rehearsing for his role as head of state and party leader Erich Honecker, the regime is fighting for survival. The m... Read allBerlin 1989, shortly before the fall of the Wall: While the actor Otto is rehearsing for his role as head of state and party leader Erich Honecker, the regime is fighting for survival. The military and police are preparing to use force to crush the Leipzig Monday demonstration in... Read allBerlin 1989, shortly before the fall of the Wall: While the actor Otto is rehearsing for his role as head of state and party leader Erich Honecker, the regime is fighting for survival. The military and police are preparing to use force to crush the Leipzig Monday demonstration in the evening. To protect his pregnant daughter Anne, who wants to get forged papers for he... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
317
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  • Director
    • Francis Meletzky
  • Writer
    • Markus Thebe
  • Stars
    • Jörg Schüttauf
    • Josefine Preuß
    • Jacob Matschenz
  • Director
    • Francis Meletzky
  • Writer
    • Markus Thebe
  • Stars
    • Jörg Schüttauf
    • Josefine Preuß
    • Jacob Matschenz
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    • 3User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Jörg Schüttauf
    Jörg Schüttauf
    • Otto Wolf…
    Josefine Preuß
    Josefine Preuß
    • Anne Wolf
    Jacob Matschenz
    Jacob Matschenz
    • August
    Hedi Kriegeskotte
    Hedi Kriegeskotte
    • Margot Honecker
    Marc Benjamin
    Marc Benjamin
    • Matti Stein
    Steffen Scheumann
    • Boris Kelm
    André Jung
    • Hans Götze…
    Alexander Schubert
    Alexander Schubert
    • Egbert Rauch…
    Stephan Grossmann
    Stephan Grossmann
    • Theodor Dombrich
    Devid Striesow
    Devid Striesow
    • Harry Stein
    Till Florian Beyerbach
    Till Florian Beyerbach
    • Gruppenführer
    Samia Muriel Chancrin
    Samia Muriel Chancrin
    • Stasifrau Birgit Müller
    Damir Cosic
    • Sasha Kurlensky
    Christoph Glaubacker
    • Stefan Schäfer
    Tom Keune
    Tom Keune
    • Wolf-Dieter Seifert
    Charles Lemming
    • Sicherheitsmann
    Robert Menke
    • Rettungssanitäter
    Thomas Mill
    • Werner Erxleben
    • Director
      • Francis Meletzky
    • Writer
      • Markus Thebe
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    • Trivia
      The movie title is based on the Erich Honecker quote "Vorwärts immer, rückwärts nimmer!" (Forward ever, backward never!)
    • Goofs
      In a scene where Leipzig is showed from the top the church "Probsteikirche" can be seen in the background, which was built between 2013-2015. The scene takes place in 1989.
    • Quotes

      Rettungssanitäter: [mistaking the fake Honecker for the real one] It is impressing how good his shape is. This skin, so young. Touch it.

      Margot Honecker: We haven't been touching each other for a very long time.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening closing credits are showed in the style of a TV broadcast with interferences.
    • Connections
      References To Be or Not to Be (1942)

    User reviews3

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    10/10
    It's true. You need to know the era.
    Having said that, if you do know it then it is a ridiculously funny film.

    I'm a non-german but with ties to the GDR and I lived in the BRD for years. I'm amazed how they (all involved) carried it off so 'convincingly', the whole sound and feel of the film. I've just watched it again mainly because there wasn't much else on that evening, given covid and all. I'm so glad I did. I'd forgotten quite how silly it is and I really needed a good laugh.

    It takes away nothing of the hard and serious times people were going through. It doesn't make a mockery of them. It's target is the party/state centre. I'm aware that I'm repeating most of what another reviewer has already said, but it wants saying again. This film is worth seeing because it's a funny film and because, whilst I understand there are many who might not want to be reminded of the period, we need to remember it. And we may as well be laughing when we do it.
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    • sheilabee-52230
    • Aug 15, 2020

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    • Release date
      • October 12, 2017 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Vorwärts immer!
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • ARD Degeto Film
      • Crazy Film
      • Roxy Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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