Kein Pardon

1993
1h 37m

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Peter Schlönzke, adoring fan a TV show wants to be like the show's host. When he attends a talent contest, he fails entirely and manages to get only a job as cable person. His backstage view... Read allPeter Schlönzke, adoring fan a TV show wants to be like the show's host. When he attends a talent contest, he fails entirely and manages to get only a job as cable person. His backstage view lets him see the real personality of his idol.Peter Schlönzke, adoring fan a TV show wants to be like the show's host. When he attends a talent contest, he fails entirely and manages to get only a job as cable person. His backstage view lets him see the real personality of his idol.

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7.2/10

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Hape Kerkeling

Peter Schlönzke…

Heinz Schenk

Heinz Wäscher

Elisabeth Volkmann

Hilde Schlönzke

Margret Homeyer

Hilma Schlönzke

Dirk Dautzenberg

Hermann Schlönzke

Kurt Weinzierl

Bertram

Maren Kroymann

Doris

Annett Kruschke

Ulla

Andrea Heuer

Gudrun von Wölk

Petra Zieser

Karin

Gottfried Vollmer

Walter

Dirk Bach

Hardy Loppmann

Christiane Reiff

Bettinas Mutter

Mirco Bogumil

2. Punk
(as Die abstürzenden Brieftauben)

Konrad Kittner

1. Punk
(as Die abstürzenden Brieftauben)

Laura Wendlandt

Bettina
(as Laura)

Juri Ahmadi

Junge von der Schülerzeitung
(as Juri)

Lena Scheppler

Mädchen von der Schülerzeitung
(as Lena)

Director
- Hape Kerkeling
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Trivia
While this film had only moderate success by its original theatrical run in 1993 (about 565,000 tickets were sold), it gained a lot of popularity through a great number of reruns on both public and private TV and can now be considered a cult classic in Germany. It was even adapted to a musical, which ran in Düsseldorf in 2011 and 2012.

Quotes
Oma beim Talentwettbewerb: I wanna sing "Highway To Hell" by C&A.

Crazy credits
The opening credits have animated effects, like some names are put on the screen or kicked away with furry paws and other credits flood away.

Connections
Features Flipper (1964)

Soundtracks
Deine Spuren im Sand
Written by Neil Lancaster (as Lancaster) and Cliff Corbett (as Corbet)
Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von EMI Music Publishing Germany

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Featured review

7/10

Fame is the name of the game

No pun intended - I never had seen this before, but it does hit home with quite the power. The beginning of the movie is quite powerful - and while this is tailored to a german audience, I feel that many things are universal. The 10 minutes of fame and all that - that is almost another pun right? But let's leave that aside for now.

Hape Kerkeling a very popular and quite good comedian, knows how to conduct himself - and while there are certain cliches and there are certain things that are quite convenient - you can feel that there is more than a kernal of truth behind the movie and the characters.

But while it starts off strong, it does wear off towards the end. Yes the humor is still good - but apart from the predictable turn, there are many other things that have not aged too well ... still this is more than decent and if you like the humor this delivers, you won't mind a couple of flaws along the way anyway ...