It is certainly not a positive sign that this movie includes one of Germany's most famous comedy duos and is also among Germany's most known comedy movies looking at how many ratings it has here on IMDb. This film from 15 years ago is actually the first of three movies starring these two characters. Their shtick is to appear as tough guys, but in reality they just look like idiots. They were so successful that they also got their own television series. The film, which runs clearly under 90 minutes, is directed by Michael Bully Herbig, one of Germany's most known comedians to this today and he made this movie shortly before his big cinema breakthrough with "Der Schuh des Manitu". There are also some regulars from Herbig films in smaller roles in here. The film's writer duo have collaborated on quite a few projects before and after this movie. The female lead character is played by Alexandra Neldel, a blonde soap opera actress who also has a career much more for her looks than for real acting talent. German audiences may also have heard about cast member Manfred Zapatka, who is almost too good for a movie like this. This film has some political background as it refers a tape which is about to bring to light what really happened to Uwe Barschel the day he died, one of the great murder mysteries in German history. Also the film is quite anti-American, which some certainly will not like. Unfortunately, it is almost never funny
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