Like "Schwarzfahrer", this is a small yet compelling short that works as sort of an extended joke, where the drama of most of the movie leads up to a funny denouement.
Two young men get on a train, trying hard to hide the fact that they're smuggling coffee into East Germany (oops, by the way, this is set during the division of Germany into East and West). They try a little two hard, arousing suspicions, but they soon don't have to worry so much about it as a kindly old woman sitting across from them confesses that she, too, is smuggling some coffee for her son's birthday. Things become dramatic, however, when a police officer comes and the grouchy old man sitting next to the woman tells her out, causing the officer to confiscate her son's coffee. All is not bad, however, when at the end of the ride he makes it up to her... he had a whole suitcase full of coffee, and he gives her three bags in payment for her one.
"Dufte" means "scent" in German, and most of the sparse dialog and humorous moments revolve around the strong scent of coffee (if Smell-O-Vision ever took off, this would be a classic). It's a relatively simple and straightforward narrative, which is refreshing, though it's pretty predictable. Still, I think one of the funniest parts actually occurs during the credits, when it shows all of the characters involved enjoying a nice cup'o'joe. You can't keep a good thing down, I guess.
--PolarisDiB
Two young men get on a train, trying hard to hide the fact that they're smuggling coffee into East Germany (oops, by the way, this is set during the division of Germany into East and West). They try a little two hard, arousing suspicions, but they soon don't have to worry so much about it as a kindly old woman sitting across from them confesses that she, too, is smuggling some coffee for her son's birthday. Things become dramatic, however, when a police officer comes and the grouchy old man sitting next to the woman tells her out, causing the officer to confiscate her son's coffee. All is not bad, however, when at the end of the ride he makes it up to her... he had a whole suitcase full of coffee, and he gives her three bags in payment for her one.
"Dufte" means "scent" in German, and most of the sparse dialog and humorous moments revolve around the strong scent of coffee (if Smell-O-Vision ever took off, this would be a classic). It's a relatively simple and straightforward narrative, which is refreshing, though it's pretty predictable. Still, I think one of the funniest parts actually occurs during the credits, when it shows all of the characters involved enjoying a nice cup'o'joe. You can't keep a good thing down, I guess.
--PolarisDiB