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Erkan & Stefan

  • 2000
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
2.4K
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Florian Simbeck and John Friedmann in Erkan & Stefan (2000)
Comedy

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
    • John Friedmann
    • Florian Simbeck
    • Alexandra Neldel
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    2.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Herbig
    • Writers
      • Günter Knarr
      • Philipp Weinges
    • Stars
      • John Friedmann
      • Florian Simbeck
      • Alexandra Neldel
    • 14User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    John Friedmann
    John Friedmann
    • Erkan
    • (as Erkan Maria Moosleitner)
    Florian Simbeck
    Florian Simbeck
    • Stefan
    • (as Stefan Lust)
    Alexandra Neldel
    • Nina
    Manfred Zapatka
    Manfred Zapatka
    • Herr Eckernförde
    Siegfried Terpoorten
    Siegfried Terpoorten
    • Carstens
    Tim Wilde
    Tim Wilde
    • Bendig
    Luc Feit
    Luc Feit
    • Melzer
    Monika Manz
    • Mutter Stefan
    Peter Rappenglück
    Peter Rappenglück
    • Horst
    Anna Böttcher
    Anna Böttcher
    • Bunny
    Marek Wlodarczyk
    Marek Wlodarczyk
    • Pitbull Rado
    Joel Kirby
    Joel Kirby
    • Cruise
    Errol Shaker
    Errol Shaker
    • General of Army Browser
    Jeffrey Mittleman
    Jeffrey Mittleman
    • Agent Ryan
    Robert Swift
    • Lt. March
    Robert Jung
    • Lt. Ross
    James Matthews-Pyecka
    • Sgt. Moore
    • (as James Matthews)
    Mac Steinmeier
    Mac Steinmeier
    • Sgt. Miller
    • Director
      • Michael Herbig
    • Writers
      • Günter Knarr
      • Philipp Weinges
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    User reviews14

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    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).
    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!
    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.
    bugarup

    Very funny, if you like the style.

    If you live in or near Munich, you have probably already noticed the kind of teenagers that dye their hair jet black, hang around train stations and talk German with a pseudo-Turkish accent (regardless of where they come from). Erkan and Stefan are just like those kids, minus the hair dye. They use the same pathetic teenie slang, always want to appear as hard as possible and are basically idiots. All in all, they're a very accurate representation of the stereotype. The movie is about these two getting involved with the BND and CIA and even out- (or should I say under-?) witting them in their particular idiom. I can recommend this to everyone who has seen, and maybe made fun of, the kind of kids described above. It's truly hilarious. To those who don't like really "dumb" (as in "you don't need a brain to laugh at this") movies and those who had their sense of humour surgically removed, hands off this. You'd be wasting your time.
    10Faithless-TheWonderboy

    A funny great movie

    I was looking in the TV Guide for movies that come from Germany and I found one called The Bunnyguards, so I watched it and I laughed myself silly! I wanted the DVD but its not available here (I could order it from Germany but it doesn't have subtitles) It was played again so I taped it and watch it from time to time.

    Anyway, I looked for info on it and found out its real name is Erkan & Stefan, but I know it by its Australian title: The Bunnyguards.

    Some people who I know from Germany do not like Erkan & Stefan because of their accents, but not being German myself, I didn't notice anything. The jokes are good, but some Germans might find their accents off-putting.

    I think this movie is funny and if the DVD had English subtitles on all the extras (having a 2 disk edition with only the feature having subtitles would be bad) I would buy it up in a snap!

    I recommend it to anyone looking for a laugh and a pretty good story.

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    • Release date
      • April 20, 2000 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Тёл(к)охранители
    • Filming locations
      • Flughafen München-Franz Josef Strauß, Landkreis Freising, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Constantin Film
      • Hofmann & Voges Entertainment (H & V)
      • Odeon Fiction
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,026,949
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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