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Le trio

Original title: Das Trio
  • 1998
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
397
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Le trio (1998)
ComedyCrimeRomance

Zobel and Karl are a long time gay couple who live together in a trailer home with Lizzie, Zobel's spunky daughter from a heterosexual misadventure. Together these three form a team of thiev... Read allZobel and Karl are a long time gay couple who live together in a trailer home with Lizzie, Zobel's spunky daughter from a heterosexual misadventure. Together these three form a team of thieves who eke out an existence as pickpockets. After a botched job, Karl becomes unable to wo... Read allZobel and Karl are a long time gay couple who live together in a trailer home with Lizzie, Zobel's spunky daughter from a heterosexual misadventure. Together these three form a team of thieves who eke out an existence as pickpockets. After a botched job, Karl becomes unable to work, forcing Zobel and Lizzie to seek out a new partner. Lizzie recruits Rudolf, the boyish... Read all

  • Director
    • Hermine Huntgeburth
  • Writers
    • Horst Johann Sczerba
    • Volker Einrauch
    • Hermine Huntgeburth
  • Stars
    • Götz George
    • Christian Redl
    • Jeanette Hain
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    397
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Hermine Huntgeburth
    • Writers
      • Horst Johann Sczerba
      • Volker Einrauch
      • Hermine Huntgeburth
    • Stars
      • Götz George
      • Christian Redl
      • Jeanette Hain
    • 5User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Götz George
    Götz George
    • Zobel
    Christian Redl
    Christian Redl
    • Karl
    Jeanette Hain
    Jeanette Hain
    • Lizzi
    Felix Eitner
    • Rudolf
    Angelika Bartsch
    • Dorothee
    Uwe Rohde
    • Bahnpolizist
    Tana Schanzara
    • Wirtin
    Ernst H. Hilbich
    • Schaffner
    • (as Ernst Hilbich)
    Hans Fischer
    • Mann im Aufzug
    Norbert Heisterkamp
    • Hans
    Jennifer Ostermann
    • Kind
    Armin Rohde
    Armin Rohde
    • Horst
    Stephan Jansen
    • Bahnpolizist
    Rolf Dennemann
    • Betrunkener Mann
    Husam Chadat
    Husam Chadat
    • Junge in Disco
    Herbert Diebig-Schmiedefeld
    • Mann mit Strohhut
    Heiko Maisolle
    • Yuppie
    Willi Thomczyk
    Willi Thomczyk
    • Motorradpolizist
    • Director
      • Hermine Huntgeburth
    • Writers
      • Horst Johann Sczerba
      • Volker Einrauch
      • Hermine Huntgeburth
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    8reptyle

    Brilliant acting saves ambitious plot

    Das Trio is a excellent piece of film about a family of three pick-pockets and their struggle to keep everything together, themselves as well as the family unit, situated in present Germany. The story is filled with strong-felt emotions which is beautifully reflected through the characters, and the complexity of the plot thickens increasingly towards the end. At one point I really felt that it was going absurd, but the brilliant acting sort of put it all back and kept the movie real. Because thats what it is; a real movie and I love it.
    6gbrumburgh-1

    Diverting, ingratiating European gay comedy worth seeing, but `La Cage aux Folles' it ain't.

    What ever happened to the meaning of those steadfast mottos `there's honor among thieves' and `blood is thicker than water?" `Das Trio,' an ingratiating German-made comedy (with sub-titles) taunts and tests these age-old theories to ostensible effect. It's a deceptively simple, amusing, if less than gut-busting tale of a rootless family of pickpockets who invite turmoil into their lot as a clash of very disparate libidos begins to chip away at the fabric of their operation. Buoyed by expert performances, it'll keep a smile on your face at the very least.

    Zobel is the middle-aged, hands-on leader of this tiny trio of merrie men who steal from the rich and give to themselves. The two other cohorts are his feisty, independent daughter, Lizzi (from an incidental heterosexual liaison), and his aging, subservient, doleful lover, Karl, who conceals his advancing age with a toupee and prances about in women's gowns as an inducement to foreplay. Somehow managing an existence all these years, their mode of operation is hardly original. I mean, the blind man with the cane routine? Come on. How they survived this long, I'll never know. As the despondent Karl grows more insecure, dissatisfied and absent-minded, the possibility of a new partner is bandied about by father and daughter.

    An unfortunate accident leaves Zobel and Lizzi no choice but to prevail upon the raw talents of a young Artful Dodger wannabe, an outcast who takes in snakes as pets and writes crappy poems. It just so happens Rudolf is also a very sexy, shambling young upstart who is only too willing to gratify the father/daughter team in whatever ways it takes to become part of the scheme team. Complications arise, dissension grows, and most of the film's intended humor comes about as the teacher becomes enamored by his new thief-in-training, even though the boy has already taken to bedding down the daughter.

    Götz George as Zobel plays the roguish, Fagin-like ringleader with customary flair. One of Germany's most popular actors, the virile actor gets to play an aging and openly robust gay character here, yet loses little of his own characteristic machismo. Slightly softening his edges while infusing him with a gentle charm and a wanton sex drive that just so happens to be aimed at men, George provides a strong, believable center for the film.

    Jeanette Hain gives daughter Lizzi a taut, highly appealing Winona Ryder-like quirkiness, and boyishly handsome Felix Eitner as the new third party fits the enigmatic pretty-boy part to a tee. His Rudolf is awkward and ambitious, with a dumb-kind-of-smart off-centeredness that sustains your interest. Christian Redl as Zobel's long-suffering lover and sycophant nets a great deal of empathy from the viewers as the man desperately tries to come to terms with his decline in importance.

    Director Hermine Huntgeburth succeeds in comfortably sidestepping the negative, unappetizing aspects of her characters. After all, why should we care about, much less enjoy, the antics of four lowly parasites of society, robbed even of a conscience when it comes to each other? Even more problematic is the fact that we are not always clued in as to the intent or purpose of some of their hurtful, purely narcissistic actions, leaving the viewer somewhat cold and in a quandary as to who or what to root for. Credit the director and actors for nearly overcoming that big obstacle.

    By the way, don't let the soft-core, erotic-looking box cover picture with two hands (one female, one male) groping a well-built young man's posterior clad only in tight underpants mislead you. It's an obvious and unworthy ruse to accelerate rental sales. This is NOT a titillation picture despite the fact there are a number of homosexual and heterosexual clinches throughout. Behind it, there is actually an intelligent plot abetted by four supremely professional actors who make it all worthwhile. And it's all capped off by a fun, wry twist at the end.

    As a renter, "Das Trio" is a real steal!
    Pedro7

    An other great movie shown at Cannes Film Festival 1998

    This movie was a heartwarming movie with very good acting and good direction. The story line is sweet and the ending is darling. One of the best German movies that I have seen. Movies like this should be dubbed into English and there would be a market for them. Most Americans don't like subtitles.
    9javierubio

    A Trio Combined with Fun, Love & Complicity! A Fine German Comedy Film!

    This is one of the films that I have most enjoyed seeing the adventures of 3 people so related to each other where complicity overcomes all the problems faced by the law and sexual complacency. This Director brought a fun, healthy story, without surrealism or so much philosophy, He only mixed the coexistence of three people who used to steal wallets as a means of survival and lived in a trailer without following any of the common rules. That is why the film brought more interest when the sexy young man appeared on the scene bringing some changes and attitudes to be involved in a triangle turned into sexual desire and falling in love with daughter and father at the same time! One of the best stories different from the German thrillers that I have seen in recent years!

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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1998 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official site
      • The Trio official US site
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • The Trio
    • Filming locations
      • Hauptbahnhof, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
    • Production companies
      • ARTE
      • Next Film
      • Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
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      • DEM 5,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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