Harte Jungs (2000)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Marc Rothemund

Writer:

Granz Henman (writer)

Release Date:

30 March 2000 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

"Los, trau dich!" ("Come on, go ahead!")

Plot Keywords:

Condom | Kama Sutra | Erection | Telephone Sex | Passing Breeze

Cast

Tobias Schenke	...	Florian
Axel Stein	...	Red Bull
Luise Helm	...	Lisa
Mina Tander	...	Leonie
Björn Kirschniok	...	Kai
Nicky Kantor	...	Schumi
Tom Lass	...	Dirk
Sascha Heymans	...	Casper
Sissi Perlinger	...	Flo's Mother
Stefan Jürgens	...	Flo's Father
Christian Schneller	...	Herr von Winterfeld
Andrea Sawatzki	...	Aunt Zelda
Ludger Burmann	...	Trainer
Tina Ruland	...	Math Teacher
Katharina Blaschke	...	Frau Müller

Also Known As:

Ants in the Pants (Philippines: English title) (USA)
Ants in My Pants (Canada: English title) (video title)
Just the Two of Us (International: English title)

Runtime:

95 min | Japan:83 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:R(A) | Hungary:16 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 (w) | Peru:14 | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Constantin Film Produktion

Movie Connections:

Followed by Knallharte Jungs (2002)

Germany's funniest one this year

While many German producers often try to adapt American stories and rewrite them for the German market, the producers of "Harte Jungs" went another way. Due to marketing reasons this film was often referred to as "the german answer to American Pie", but this is quite untrue. Except for everyone constantly talking about sex without having any live experience the two movies have nothing in common. Both of them are great. But as it is a German film with a very limited budget and very young actors (Luise Helm who plays Lisa is barely 17) "Harte Jungs" is even better.

Permanently amusing and never boring, this film definitely belongs to germany's best movies this year, even if it does not match the sophisticated standards of the movie critics, but who cares. Perfect entertainment, very good actors and permanent laughter make this movie one of my favorites in the first half of 2000.