Kleine Haie (1992)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Sönke Wortmann

Writers:

Jürgen Egger (writer) and
Sönke Wortmann (writer)

Release Date:

3 September 1992 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

When dishwasher Ingo, whose girl-friend has just left him, returns a borrowed bar stool to the Folkwang Acting School in Essen...

Plot Keywords:

Audition | Animal In Title | Disciple | Car Damage | Big City Life

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

Jürgen Vogel	...	Ingo
Kai Wiesinger	...	Johannes
Gedeon Burkhard	...	Ali
Meret Becker	...	Herta
Armin Rohde	...	Bierchen
Magdalene Artelt	...	Margot
Werner Hansch	...	Conferencier
Willi Thomczyk	...	Cook
Jürgen Sebert	...	Foreman
Michael Mendl	...	Examiner Essen
Helmut Stange	...	Examiner Essen
Stefan von Moers	...	Examiner Essen
Katharina Abt	...	Portier
Michael Kessler	...	Portier
Raidar Müller-Elmau	...	Examiner Munich

Also Known As:

Acting It Out
Little Sharks

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Essen, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

Trivia:

The title is a pun on "Der kleine Hey", a standard book on vocal training for actors, written by Julius Hey (1832- 1909). "Kleine Haie" also means "little sharks".

Quotes:

Ingo: Good morning. I brought this barstool.
Portier: Well, alright. What's your name?
Ingo: Ingo Herrmann.
Portier: And where are you from, Ingo?
Ingo: Gelsenkirchen.
Portier: That's not so very far.
Ingo: Nope.
Portier: Nervous?
Ingo: Me? Nope.
Portier: No reason for it, anyway.

Movie Connections:

References The French Connection (1971)

Soundtrack:

Ich weiss nicht, zu wem ich gehoere

Roadmovie at its best !

This was one early work of young German director Sönke Wortmann. Many German actors appearing in this movie started their careers based on this movie, e.g. Jochen Vogel as the best known among them. This script is fantastic, fast furious, intelligent, lots of humor lots of human feelings and good portion of political incorrectness. Beautiful pictures from German autobahn to Munichs discos. Many famous lines in this movie actually became household expressions. At least any visitor of the German beer capital Munich during Oktoberfest Zeit, will find many parallel situations experienced by the films protagonists. "Only for Stammgäste" will be one of the answers Americans will have heard trying to enter one of the better meeting points, discos or private lounges in Munich. This is one of the rare films you wanna watch multiple times. Sadly, Sönke never came up with a hit like this. If you liked Quentins Pulp Fiction you gonna love this movie.