Die Musterknaben

1997 1h 31m DE

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 21

ComedyCrime

Synopsis

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Docker and Dretzke are two police officers from Cologne. But the cases here in the precinct don't win them a flower pot at the CID. And so they find themselves at the bottom of the career ladder. When they are assigned by the Düsseldorf State Office of Criminal Investigation to work the night shift on an apartment where drugs are presumably being dealt during the day, they discover more than their Düsseldorf colleagues had planned...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jürgen Tarrach
Jürgen Docker
Oliver Korittke
Oliver Dretzke
Ellen ten Damme
Wanda
Herbert Knaup
Kamphausen
Alexander Held
Wempe
Walter Gontermann
Linseisen
Wolfgang Maria Bauer
Leo
Annett Renneberg
Diana

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ralf Huettner
Writers: Dominic Raacke, Ralf Huettner
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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ERA

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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Die Musterknaben Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ralf Huettner, shot by Hannes Hubach. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Veronika Zaplata shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Jürgen Tarrach and Oliver Korittke and Ellen ten Damme carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0130887 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 21 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Ralf Huettner directs. Hannes Hubach behind the camera. Veronika Zaplata cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

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129 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Die Musterknaben Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Ralf Huettner, shot by Hannes Hubach. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Veronika Zaplata shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jürgen Tarrach and Oliver Korittke and Ellen ten Damme carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0130887 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 21 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.