Schtonk! (1992)
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In this slapstick satire, Fritz is a life-long forger of Nazi memorabilia. He got his start as a boy, selling items of clothing as something Hitler wore. His current income-generating scam is to sell "original" portraits by Hitler of his mistress Eva Braun to connoisseurs of Nazi art. He… More In this slapstick satire, Fritz is a life-long forger of Nazi memorabilia. He got his start as a boy, selling items of clothing as something Hitler wore. His current income-generating scam is to sell "original" portraits by Hitler of his mistress Eva Braun to connoisseurs of Nazi art. He runs into an ambitious journalist who works for a tabloid-style magazine (a thinly disguised "Der Stern"), and the two of them concoct a scam which will garner headlines for the journalist and plenty of cash for the forger. With some care, Fritz creates "Hitler's Diaries," and his creations become a household word before the scam is uncovered. Film buffs may recognize the title of this film as a term Charlie Chaplin used in The Great Dictator to refer to Hitler. This satire hews pretty closely to the actual news story it is based on, but the movie plays it strictly for laughs, a tactic which won great popularity for it in Germany. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Directed By
- Helmut Dietl
- Genres
- Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 12, 1992 Wide
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Cast
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Götz George
as Hermann Willi'e
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Uwe Ochsenknecht
as Fritz Knobel
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Christiane Hörbiger
as Freya von Hepp
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Rolf Hoppe
as Karl Lentz
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Dagmar Manzel
as Biggi
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Veronica Ferres
as Martha
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Rosemarie Fendel
as Mrs. Lentz
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Harald Juhnke
as Kummer
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Martin Benrath
as Uwe Esser
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Hermann Lause
as Kurt Glueck
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Georg Marischka
as Von Klantz
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Peter Roggisch
as Obersturmbandfuehrer
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Hark Bohm
as Catholic pastor
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Willy Harlander
as Bavarian customs officer
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Fritz Lichtenhahn
as Valuer in Suisse
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Martin Feifel
as SS man
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Armin Rohde
as SS man
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Karl Schoenboeck
as Professor Strasser
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Ulrich Mühe
as Dr. Lentz
