Schtonk!

Schtonk! (1992)

Released: 1992-03-12 Duration: 1hr 55min
Genres: Comedy History
Rating 7.0
One of the first funny german look at its past.

Overview

Schtonk! is a farce of the actual events of 1983, when Germany's Stern magazine published, with great fanfare, 60 volumes of the alleged diaries of Adolf Hitler – which two weeks later turned out to be entirely fake. Fritz Knobel (based on real-life forger Konrad Kujau) supports himself by faking and selling Nazi memorabilia. When Knobel writes and sells a volume of Hitler's (nonexistent) diaries, he thinks it's just another job. When sleazy journalist Hermann Willié learns of the diaries, however, he quickly realizes their potential value... and Knobel is quickly in over his head. As the pressure builds and Knobel is forced to deliver more and more volumes of the fake diaries, he finds himself acting increasingly like the man whose life he is rewriting. The film is a romping and hilarious satire, poking fun not only at the events and characters involved in the hoax (who are only thinly disguised in the film), but at the discomfort Germany has with its difficult past.

Production Companies

Bavaria Film
Bavaria Film
WDR
WDR

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language de
Popularity 4.358

Directed By

Helmut Dietl

Crew

Producer
Helmut Dietl
Director
Helmut Dietl
Screenplay
Helmut Dietl
Director of Photography
Xaver Schwarzenberger
Original Music Composer
Konstantin Wecker
Screenplay
Ulrich Limmer

TOP CAST

Götz George
Götz George

Hermann Willié

Uwe Ochsenknecht
Uwe Ochsenknecht

Fritz Knobel

Christiane Hörbiger
Christiane Hörbiger

Freya von Hepp

Harald Juhnke
Harald Juhnke

Pit Kummer

Ulrich Mühe
Ulrich Mühe

Dr. Wieland

Rolf Hoppe
Rolf Hoppe

Karl Lentz

Hermann Lause
Hermann Lause

Kurt Glück

Martin Benrath
Martin Benrath

Uwe Esser

Georg Marischka
Georg Marischka

Von Klantz

Karl Schönböck
Karl Schönböck

August Strasser

Rosemarie Fendel
Rosemarie Fendel

Karl Lentz's Wife

Wolfgang Menge
Wolfgang Menge

German Graphologist

Hark Bohm
Hark Bohm

Priest

Willy Harlander
Willy Harlander

Bavarian Border Official

Peter Roggisch
Peter Roggisch

Obersturmbandführer

Günter Junghans
Günter Junghans

East German Police Officer

Armin Rohde
Armin Rohde

SS Man

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