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One of the first funny german look at its past.

1992

Comedy

History

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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Released

Country : DE

Original language : de

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| Movie 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

Dagmar Manzel

Dagmar Manzel

Biggi

Veronica Ferres

Veronica Ferres

Martha

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

Thomas Holtzmann

Thomas Holtzmann

Cornelius

Günter Junghans

Günter Junghans

East German Police Officer

Armin Rohde

Armin Rohde

SS Man

Michael Kessler

Michael Kessler

SS Man

Martin Feifel

Martin Feifel

SS Man

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