Schtonk!
- One of the first funny german look at its past.
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.
Release Date : 1992-03-12
Language :German
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : Bavaria FilmWDR
Production Country : Germany
Alternative Titles :
Cast
Character Name : Hermann Willié
Original Name : Götz George
Gender : Male
Character Name : Fritz Knobel
Original Name : Uwe Ochsenknecht
Gender : Male
Character Name : Freya von Hepp
Original Name : Christiane Hörbiger
Gender : Female
Character Name : Pit Kummer
Original Name : Harald Juhnke
Gender : Male
Character Name : Dr. Wieland
Original Name : Ulrich Mühe
Gender : Male
Character Name : Karl Lentz
Original Name : Rolf Hoppe
Gender : Male
Character Name : Biggi
Original Name : Dagmar Manzel
Gender : Female
Character Name : Martha
Original Name : Veronica Ferres
Gender : Female
Character Name : Kurt Glück
Original Name : Hermann Lause
Gender : Male
Character Name : Uwe Esser
Original Name : Martin Benrath
Gender : Male
Character Name : Von Klantz
Original Name : Georg Marischka
Gender : Male
Character Name : August Strasser
Original Name : Karl Schönböck
Gender : Male
Character Name : Karl Lentz's Wife
Original Name : Rosemarie Fendel
Gender : Female
Character Name : German Graphologist
Original Name : Wolfgang Menge
Gender : Male
Character Name : Priest
Original Name : Hark Bohm
Gender : Male
Character Name : Bavarian Border Official
Original Name : Willy Harlander
Gender : Male
Character Name : Cornelius
Original Name : Thomas Holtzmann
Gender : Male
Character Name : Schuback
Original Name : Hans-Joachim Hegewald
Gender : Male
Character Name : Obersturmbandführer
Original Name : Peter Roggisch
Gender : Male
Character Name : East German Police Officer
Original Name : Günter Junghans
Gender : Male
Character Name : SS Man
Original Name : Armin Rohde
Gender : Male
Character Name : SS Man
Original Name : Michael Kessler
Gender : Male
Character Name : SS Man
Original Name : Martin Feifel
Gender : Male
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