If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer

2002 1h 41m DE

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 75

Comedy

Synopsis

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Frustrated with their lazy new intern, a trio of offbeat builders decide to teach him a lesson with a series of escalating pranks.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Dietmar Bär
Werner Wiesenkamp
Ralf Richter
Kalle
Hilmi Sözer
Kümmel
Willi Thomczyk
Horst
Peter Thorwarth
Philipp
Alexandra Maria Lara
Astrid
Michael Brandner
Ernst Wiesenkamp
Tana Schanzara
Mama Wiesenkamp

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Peter Thorwarth
Writers: Matthias Dinter, Martin Ritzenhoff
Languages: Turkish, German, Polish
Countries: Germany

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Turkish, German, Polish.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Peter Thorwarth, shot by Eckhard Jansen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Rainer Kühn. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Dietmar Bär and Ralf Richter and Hilmi Sözer carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0278815 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Peter Thorwarth directs. Eckhard Jansen behind the camera. Rainer Kühn scores. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in Turkish, German, Polish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 24 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Turkish, German, Polish.
3Part of the "Unna Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Peter Thorwarth, shot by Eckhard Jansen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Rainer Kühn. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Dietmar Bär and Ralf Richter and Hilmi Sözer carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0278815 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 75 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Eckhard Jansen
Original score: Rainer Kühn
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Status: Released
Original language: DE
Certification (US): 12
IMDB: If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer (2002)

Part of

Unna Collection

The so-called Unna Trilogy (Unna-Trilogie) refers to three films by director Peter Thorwarth: Bang Boom Bang – Ein todsicheres Ding (1999), Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht (2002), and Goldene Zeiten (2006). Thorwarth has stated that he did not originally plan the films as a trilogy under this title.