Die Aufschneider (2007)

Director:

Carsten Strauch

Writers:

Rainer Ewerrien
Carsten Strauch
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Release Date:

8 February 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Cast

Carsten Strauch	...	Dr. Steffen Wesemann
Rainer Ewerrien	...	Dr. Klaus Kunze
Cosma Shiva Hagen	...	OP-Schwester Sylvia Göbel
Nina Kronjäger	...	Dr. Christiane Tietz
Josef Ostendorf	...	Werner Vierkötter
Burghart Klaußner	...	Prof. Udo Keller
Stipe Erceg	...	Dr. Frank Norbert Stein
Bernd Stegemann	...	Hartmuth Probst
Thorsten Ranft	...	Hermann Menzel
Christoph Maria Herbst	...	Prof. Reinhold Radwanski
Eva Weißenborn	...	Frau Meissner
Tim Wilde	...	Prof. Wiebenhartz
Jing Zhao	...	Asiatische Schwester
Matthias Zelic	...	Günter Knoethel
Torsten Hammann	...	Tätowierter Helfer
Reinhard Maiwald	...	Inspektor
Ernst-Georg Schwill	...	Herr Sonthof
Ellen Schlootz	...	Schwester Claudia
Martin Horn	...	Gernot Hartlaub
Simon Gosejohann	...	Lebenspartner Schwangere
Sybille Häfele	...	Schwester Ilse
Fernando Blumenthal	...	Transporteur
Catherine Stoyan	...	Patientin mit Reißverschluss
Nina Hecklau	...	Schwester Heike
Ursula Rätz	...	Dame
Marc Neblung	...	Assistenzarzt St. Georg
Antje Poser	...	Schwangere
Katrin Heinke	...	OP-Schwester
Dietmar Horcicka	...	Medizinischer Begleiter

Directed by
Carsten Strauch

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rainer Ewerrien
Carsten Strauch
Nina Werth

Produced by
Bobby Allen	....	executive producer
Ulf Israel	....	producer
Verona Meier	....	junior producer
Gerhard Meixner	....	producer
Roman Paul	....	producer
Werner Wirsing	....	executive producer
Jonathan Zilli	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Udo Schöbel

Cinematography by
Nina Werth

Film Editing by
Jörg Hauschild

Casting by
Tina Böckenhauer

Production Design by
Daniele Drobny

Set Decoration by
Christoph Merg

Costume Design by
Patrycja Walczak

Makeup Department
Peggy Billing	....	makeup artist
Georg Korpas	....	special makeup effects artist: dental work
Irene Reinhardt	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Kathrin Isberner	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claudia Sun	....	assistant director

Art Department
Daniele Drobny	....	set designer
Moritz Heinlin	....	property master

Sound Department
Stephan Becker	....	supervising sound editor
Harald Guhn	....	sound mixer
Florian Kaltenegger	....	foley recordist
Marc Meusinger	....	sound recordist
Roland Platz	....	foley artist
Bert Zander	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Alister Mazzotti	....	special effects coordinator
Thomas Schauer	....	special effects technician
Bernhard Schirmer	....	special effects technician

Stunts
Boris Backes	....	stunt driver
Ralph Günthler	....	stunt rigger
Alister Mazzotti	....	stunt coordinator
Wojtek Prygel	....	stunt driver
Wolfgang Stegemann	....	stunt rigger
Zoltan Tòth	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Daniel Goldmann	....	loader
Daniel Jopp	....	electrician
Martin Neuse	....	gaffer
Hagen Raeder	....	grip
Ingo Scheel	....	electrician
Cordula Stahl	....	first assistant camera

Editorial Department
Andreas Baltschun	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Björn Wiese	....	music re-recording mixer

Other crew
Josef Brandmaier	....	film consultant
Marco Gadge	....	script supervisor
Stephen Galloway	....	choreographer
Steffen Knabe	....	location scout
Steffen Knabe	....	set manager

Production Companies

• 3L Filmproduktion
• Razor Film Produktion GmbH

Distributors

• 3L Filmverleih (2007) (Austria) (theatrical)
• 3L Filmverleih (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

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Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

Germany:o.Al.

Company:

3L Filmproduktion

Movie Connections:

Follows Das Taschenorgan (2000)

Not bad for a first-time full length feature comedy

"Die Aufschneider" is a well written slap-stick comedy suffering from the shortcomings which a lot of first-time feature films do. Die Aufschneider is an ambitious attempt by Carsten Strauch to co-write, direct, and co-star in his first full length feature film. Even though he has won acclaim with previous comedy shorts - his experience as director/ actor was not enough to make "Die Aufschneider", cinematically, all it could have been. There was not enough time given to character, or plot development, resulting in a story-line which moves too quickly from one situation to another, making the characters somewhat two dimensional. The scenes seem to be generally shot with one or two camera angles, (which may have been intended to imitate the genre which the film is making fun of) resulting in a flat cinematic style that is more reminiscent of student films than of a feature film.

The script is a witty, off-the-wall sitcom/screwball comedy, that satirizes the hospital TV series genre. It harps on classical medical stereotypes and makes fun of them by exaggerating them to the point of making them, almost, and sometimes, painful. The script has enough misunderstandings and plot twists to keep the audience guessing how it will all work out in the end, up until the very end.

"Die Aufschneider" is a wacky feel-good comedy produced in a country that needs to catch up with other countries in its production of quality humor. It has many shortcomings when viewed from a strictly film hand-craft stand point, but it has spirit and most importantly humor. For those who are interested in being amused without demanding "big cinema", It is definitely worth watching. Hopefully this will not be the last film from the Aufschneider team, the potential for higher quality cinema and even funnier plots is great.