Erkan & Stefan

2000
1h 27m

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Florian Simbeck and John Friedmann in Erkan & Stefan (2000)

Editor Eckernförde has come into the possession of an audiocassette that contains a recording of the last minutes of deceased politician Uwe Barschel. The circumstances of his untimely death... Read allEditor Eckernförde has come into the possession of an audiocassette that contains a recording of the last minutes of deceased politician Uwe Barschel. The circumstances of his untimely death have never been completely resolved - until now. Unfortunately, the editor's daughter Nin... Read allEditor Eckernförde has come into the possession of an audiocassette that contains a recording of the last minutes of deceased politician Uwe Barschel. The circumstances of his untimely death have never been completely resolved - until now. Unfortunately, the editor's daughter Nina accidentally takes the tape with her to Munich, where she is about to visit her paralyze... Read all

Director
- Michael Herbig
Writers
- Günter Knarr
- Philipp Weinges
Stars

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IMDb RATING

4.9/10

2.4K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Michael Herbig
Writers
- Günter Knarr
- Philipp Weinges
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

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Featured reviews

Karl Self

The German Answer To "Dumb And Dumber"

Erkan Maria Moosleitner and Stefan Lust have a good comedy act, Michael "Bully" Herbig is a renowned director for comedy clips; unfortunately, the three are completely out of their depth in this attempt at a cinema - sized comedy. The result is like watching a 5 - minute "Stefan & Erkan" skid played back at greatly reduced speed to fill the 90 minutes running time. Kind of what you would expect from a German comedy, in a bad sense.

8AristarchosTheArchivist

Very funny - if you like the characters

"Erkan und Stefan" is a very funny movie. And the best thing: it even has a PLOT! Basically, it's a sometimes suspenseful and serious secret service thriller BUT it has Erkan Maria Moosleitner and Stefan Lust starring in it. That's what makes this movie a comedy. First time director Michael "Bully" Herbig delivers a very well-crafted piece of German cinema - believe it or not. It is a worthy forerunner of "Manitu's Shoe". Hilarious and highly original ideas and gags, very funny "dialogue" combined with a stylish look, fine orchestral score and good overall acting. A movie to be seen more than once and perfectly fit for a good home cinema party. A must if you liked "Spies like us" and "Dude, where's my car?".

8 out of 10

Vogler

Cool plot

I didn't expect much of this movie. I don't like that turkish-german slang because it's so worn out by now. However I was blown away by the cool story. This movie combines very well made secret service movie scenes with Erkan & Stefan. Bully is a professional, no doubt. But the best thing is the plot: the conspirancy of the president of the US and Uwe Barschel. ROTFL!

mc.wagner

total krass, ey!

I have seen this movie today and I think, it's really worth looking at, when you just want to have a little fun. Of course some of the jokes are not the best ones you've ever heard, but it's never boring and you can have good fun.

So if you want to have fun, watch this movie and take a good friend and two or three bottles of beer with you (so did I).

9goofii-2

New wave of humor in Germany

I enjoyed Erkan & Stefan a cool and fast story which didn't get bogged down in detail. Those two guys are great to see and are able to come up with new ideas all the time. The high quality of picture and cut support the movie a lot.

Erkan & Stefan show that the German film industry is capable of transferring successful Hollywood concepts with local `satire' into our cinemas.