Directed by:
Dietrich BrüggemannScreenplay:
Dietrich BrüggemannCinematography:
Alexander SassComposer:
Dietrich BrüggemannCast:
Bernd Begemann, Ruth Bickelhaupt, Oliver Bröcker, Anna Brüggemann, Dietrich Brüggemann, Andreas Dresen, Liv Lisa Fries, Benno Fürmann, Michael Gwisdek (more)Plots(1)
"You can call me when you're ruling Germany and invading Poland," an attractive ultra-right-wing supporter fires off to the lovelorn Sven, the local leader of a neo-Nazi cell. Romantic comedy? You bet, but also a scathing satire that spares no one: neither baldheaded radicals who worship the swastika, nor respectable right-wingers both middle-aged and elderly, nor seemingly harmless Nazi-hipsters, nor anti-fascists with their black-and-white notions of the enemy, nor the police or media. Their darling is Sebastian Klein, an acclaimed writer of Afro-German origin, currently on a promotional tour for his new book The Coffee-Stained Nation – Everyday German Racism. How is it possible that an anti-fascist-backed intellectual suddenly goes on television to inveigh against integration? After the contemplative Stations of the Cross, acclaimed German filmmaker Dietrich Brüggemann has delivered a biting, punk-rough, yet extremely intelligent commentary on the state of contemporary German society that can easily be applied to the countries bordering the director's homeland. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Daniel Zillmann
West Germany
Best movies:
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
My Life in Orange (2011)
Me and Kaminski (2015)
Hanns Zischler
Germany
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Europa Europa (1990)
Anna's Meetings (1978)
Angela Merkel (a.f.)
West Germany
Best movies:
Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011) - a.f.
Die Ermittler: Nur für den Dienstgebrauch (2016) (TV movie)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) - a.f.
Jerry Hoffmann
West Germany
Best movies:
Needle Park Baby (2020)
Grzimek (2015) (TV movie)
Mountain Miracle - An Unexpected Friendship (2017)
Bernhard Marsch
West Germany
Best movies:
Barefoot (2005)
Sources of Life (2013)
Die Anruferin (2007)
Oliver Kienle
West Germany
Best movies:
Heil (2015)
Heinz Rudolf Kunze
West Germany
Willy Brandt (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) - a.f.
Sources of Life (2013) - a.f.
Good Bye Lenin! (2003) - a.f.
Stefanie Antonia Wermeling
Best movies:
3 Türken & ein Baby (2015)
Heil (2015)
Christian Ehrich
East Germany
Best movies:
Goethe! (2010)
West (2013)
Run If You Can (2010)
Hans Brückner
Best movies:
The Gift Horse (2009)
Operation Valkyrie (2004) (TV movie)
Hut in the Woods (2011)
Daniel Nocke
West Germany
Best movies:
Same Same But Different (2009)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Heil (2015)
Çetin Ipekkaya
Turkey
Best movies:
Heil (2015)
Ein starkes Team (1994) (series)
Evet, I Do! (2008)
Monika Anna Wojtyllo
Poland
Best movies:
Nö (2021)
Rising High (2020)
Spoor (2017)
Lena Lessing
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Stations of the Cross (2014)
Il papa buono (2003) (TV movie)
Thees Uhlmann
West Germany
Best movies:
Heil (2015)
Helmut Schmidt (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Underground (1995) - a.f.
Balloon (2018) - a.f.
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) - a.f.