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Schtonk! (1992)

One of the first funny german look at its past.

6.91h 55mComedy • History
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Synopsis

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.

Movie Information

Director
Helmut Dietl
Writers
Helmut Dietl, Ulrich Limmer
Release Year
1992
Runtime
115 minutes
Genre
Comedy, History
Language
DE
Country
Germany
Status
Released
Rating
6.9 / 10 (92 votes)

Top Cast

Götz George — cast portrait as Hermann Willié
Götz George
Hermann Willié
Uwe Ochsenknecht — cast portrait as Fritz Knobel
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Fritz Knobel
Christiane Hörbiger — cast portrait as Freya von Hepp
Christiane Hörbiger
Freya von Hepp
Harald Juhnke — cast portrait as Pit Kummer
Harald Juhnke
Pit Kummer
Ulrich Mühe — cast portrait as Dr. Wieland
Ulrich Mühe
Dr. Wieland
Rolf Hoppe — cast portrait as Karl Lentz
Rolf Hoppe
Karl Lentz
Dagmar Manzel — cast portrait as Biggi
Dagmar Manzel
Biggi
Veronica Ferres — cast portrait as Martha
Veronica Ferres
Martha

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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.

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