Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
- Awards
- 11 wins & 6 nominations
Burghart Klaußner
- Hardenberg
- (as Burghart Klaussner)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe song "Where's The Real Sky" is credited to Jeff Cole on the soundtrack and was mentioned in the movie as a favorite artist of Jan and Jule. Jeff Cole is a pseudonym for the score-writer, Andreas Wodraschke. The singer is his friend Sam Genders of London.
- GoofsThe Mercedes that Jule keys in the parking garage is also used as Hardenberg's Mercedes when he arrives at his house right before catching Jule and Jan. You can see this by matching the license plate to each scene.
- Quotes
[last words]
Note on Wall: "Some People Never Change."
- Crazy creditsThere is an additional take after the credits related to the last project of the three protagonists.
- Alternate versionsAll foreign (non-German) theatrical versions omit a scene in the ending. The reason for this is that the scene had not been finished at the time the movie was shown at the Cannes film festival. But the distribution rights had already been sold to 44 countries and the director didn't want to force local distributors to take the new ending.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Free Rainer (2007)
- SoundtracksDarts Of Pleasure
by Franz Ferdinand
Featured review
I have to issue a few words of warning first:
Don't see this movie after you have just enjoyed a really good Hollywood-production (as I did). Because if you do you may at first be put off a little bit by the quality of this digital productions that does not quite come up to 35mm-standards.
You will notice this for about 10 seconds.
Two hours later however you won't quite understand anymore what exactly it was you liked so much about this great Hollywood-movie that suddenly seems to be so shallow, so void of real issues and characters ...
This is a wonderful, wonderful gem of a movie that won't bore you even for a second and will keep you thinking for days and days.
I don't want to go into the plot here (see for yourself), just that: This is NOT a movie that can be summed up in one statement. It is a film about political activism, love, friendship, ideals in life and how we betray them, the generation if 1968 and what became of them, the dynamics of small groups and, and, and...
To wrap so much relevant issues into a gripping, highly entertaining and even funny story for me is a real miracle in scriptwriting. The dialogues are outstanding.
Of course the main reason this movie works so well is the fantastic cast. All four main characters are absolutely phenomenal and of course Danny Bruehl and Julia Jentsch show again that they are the best German actors of their generation.
This movie touches you emotionally, gives you food for thought and entertains immensely at the same time. For me it is the best movie I have seen this year.
This is what cinema should be like.
Don't see this movie after you have just enjoyed a really good Hollywood-production (as I did). Because if you do you may at first be put off a little bit by the quality of this digital productions that does not quite come up to 35mm-standards.
You will notice this for about 10 seconds.
Two hours later however you won't quite understand anymore what exactly it was you liked so much about this great Hollywood-movie that suddenly seems to be so shallow, so void of real issues and characters ...
This is a wonderful, wonderful gem of a movie that won't bore you even for a second and will keep you thinking for days and days.
I don't want to go into the plot here (see for yourself), just that: This is NOT a movie that can be summed up in one statement. It is a film about political activism, love, friendship, ideals in life and how we betray them, the generation if 1968 and what became of them, the dynamics of small groups and, and, and...
To wrap so much relevant issues into a gripping, highly entertaining and even funny story for me is a real miracle in scriptwriting. The dialogues are outstanding.
Of course the main reason this movie works so well is the fantastic cast. All four main characters are absolutely phenomenal and of course Danny Bruehl and Julia Jentsch show again that they are the best German actors of their generation.
This movie touches you emotionally, gives you food for thought and entertains immensely at the same time. For me it is the best movie I have seen this year.
This is what cinema should be like.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
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- Languages
- Also known as
- Eğitmenler
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $175,493
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,075
- Jul 24, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $8,152,859
- Runtime2 hours 7 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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