The other way around
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The other way around |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Mark Keller Heiner Lauterbach |
| script |
Mark Keller (story) Heiner Lauterbach (story) Elmar Schäfer |
| production |
Mark Keller Heiner Lauterbach |
| camera | Franz Rath |
| cut | Steffen Wimmers |
| occupation | |
Joshua Keller , Aaron Keller , Nicole Mark u. a. | |
The other way around is a German comedy that premiered on ProSieben in 2005 . The television film is based on an idea by actors Heiner Lauterbach and Mark Keller , both of whom also directed and played the leading male roles.
Complete plot
The film begins with the framework story: Toni and Ferdinand have written a book together. They read from their work at a book presentation.
The plot begins in 1968: While Toni was already 13 years old, Ferdinand was still an infant at the time. Abandoned by his parents in the forest, he is found and adopted by the homosexual couple Ludwig (called "Laila") and Harry. The two tease him. Ferdinand is strongly influenced by the example of the two and as a young adult he is on the fringes of society due to his lively behavior.
He works in a perfumery and speeds through town on his pink Vespa . "Mother" Laila is firmly convinced that his son is gay and wants to match Ferdinand with other men. Ferdinand actually loves Louise, who also considers him gay and therefore only perceives him as a very good friend. Toni has meanwhile become a book author, lives almost free in a model house and is a callous macho who does not know and is also not interested in what women and especially his girlfriend want.
Ferdinand and Toni's paths begin to cross. Ferdinand learns that his Louise wants to marry the accountant Rainer, Toni is abandoned by his girlfriend Marina because of neglect. Both meet again in a pub and then drown their grief together. Toni explains to Ferdinand why he has no luck with women, and they stagger home together. The next morning they wake up naked in Ferdinand's bed. However, nothing happened between them, even if Laila bursting in would like to believe it.
By chance the two men meet again. Now Ferdinand asks Toni to help him behave like a "real" man. He moves in with Toni, gets a new look and takes lessons in masculine behavior. Ferdinand learns that men pee standing up, do not play the recorder , do not dance in a masculine way except in an extreme emergency and that John Travolta or his screenwriter must be a fagot. His pink scooter, a gift from his parents, goes into the scrap press .
Meanwhile, Toni has problems finishing his current novel. Instead, Ferdinand and Toni spend their time conquering their girlfriends (again). It turns out that the friends are also friends with each other. Toni convinces Louise that Ferdinand is not gay, whereupon she accuses Ferdinand of having elicited the most intimate things from her under the pretense of being gay.
Ferdinand discovers Toni's neglected manuscript on his computer and secretly finishes it. Toni finds an access to his feelings, publicly asks Marina for forgiveness and proposes marriage. Louise's fiancé Rainer arbitrarily pulls the wedding date forward and further upsets Louise with the plan to move into the attic with his parents. Toni discovers the finished novel and finds it useful after initial trouble. On the planned wedding date of Rainer and Louise, Toni and Ferdinand, with the help of Marina, prevent the two from marrying. Louise gives Rainer the passport at the registry office.
The film ends with the book presentation, where Toni draws the conclusion that both men have learned something from each other and, moreover, are now happy with their respective “snails” that they will soon marry.
Origin and background
Lauterbach on how this film came about: “Mark and I had the idea for it ten years ago. We went to a discotheque with Til Schweiger and Heinz Hoenig . And apart from us it was empty. We then acted for each other to see how all kinds of people go on the dance floor. "Keller gave a gay praise and" when Mark was jumping crazy and funny on the dance floor, I thought: You have to make something out of it. "Mark Keller: “Playing a fagot, I could imagine that! But please one who is not gay! Making out men has never been my thing! ”He had to be in cahoots with Lauterbach,“ but we were wearing something downstairs! ”, As Keller emphasized. Apart from Schweiger, who had other appointments, all friends took part this evening.
They had a script developed, but the search for a producer was difficult because he shouldn't "talk too much into it and thus take away our joy in the matter," says Lauterbach. Ultimately, they found the Hockenheimer entrepreneur Jürgen B. Harder , who is a newcomer to the film business and who founded "Harder Beta Filmproduktions GmbH & Co. KG" for this production. The budget was still tight, so many friends and relatives played along. 95% of the actors were at Lauterbach's wedding.
The audience got the first excerpts on May 16, 2005 at Wetten, dass ..? seen in Turkey. There was a preview on December 4, 2005 at Friends of Keller, SC Pfullendorf on Lake Constance , and the film was first broadcast on December 27, 2005 on ProSieben .
The film brings back memories of two comedies. On the one hand through the foolish cliché and the parents' pair of “ A cage full of fools ” (1978), in which Hoenig, with a better mask, would have fit in well. On the other hand through the story with the "remodeling" and above all through the dance scene on " In & Out " (1997), where Keller would have been completely out of place.
Viktoria Lauterbach about this scene: “There are a lot of men in the dance scene. It has also happened to me that I was on the dance floor with a man who moved so silly that I thought: Oh no, I hope nobody will see me here! "
In “In & Out” the main actor hears in a cassette course how to behave as a real man, and in between, a song by Gloria Gaynor , an icon of the gay scene , is played as a test . He can no longer hold back and begins to dance almost professionally. In “Andersrum” Ferdinand puts on “Cheri Cheri Lady” (1985) from Modern Talking , which machos do not regard as male, i.e. gay, because of their appearance and their buttery pop songs (→ comment by Marty Brem on Thomas Anders ), and begins to dance, jerking wildly, until Toni turns off the music and explains that men don't dance, except in a very masculine, i.e. edgy, way.
Lauterbach on his function as a teacher in this film: "... And first of all I just give him tips on how to behave 'normally', how to walk 'normally', i.e. as a man who is fixated on women."
Reviews
"The values were not outstanding, but they are above the average of the station."
“What about the lively comedy could be a big problem for militant opponents of stereotypes: One cliché chases the next, but that is exactly what defines the flair of the film. If you can't cope with that at all, you'd better not switch on. For everyone else who can see prejudice with a good dose of humor, 'Andersrum' is exactly the right thing. "
"Pink Vespa against concrete pillars ... a completely exaggerated, tends to be homophobic nonsense with all kinds of outdated clichés and mediocre gossip."
“Cliché alone is not enough. ... A macho teaches a macho would-be. That's enough for a (tired) punchline, but not for an hour and a half. We persevered anyway. And wondering if we should borrow ' A Cage Full of Fools ' just in case. Although we already know it. Because it's clichéd and still funny. "
“'Cage full of amateurs' or 'Man, what trash!' … Heinz Hoenig and Rolf Zacher are delirious here as gay parents, heavily powdered and with fistulous voices, through a "A cage full of fools" variation. A cruel slapstick, which marks a new historical low point in the continually falling curve of the self-produced Pro-7 comedies. "
“Holla the forest fairy! ... In any case, the dialogues sound like the scriptwriter ran away in a Czech porn film. "
“( Queer as Folk )… And here in the country? May Mark Keller and Heiner Lauterbach - a whole man thanks to Jenny - pack their top view of homosexuals in a script. "
Web links
- The other way in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fabian Böhme: “Andersrum” reaps success , quotenmeter.de, December 28, 2005, accessed: May 22, 2008
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↑ berlinien.de Access: March 31, 2006
rhein-main.net ( Memento of September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Access: March 31, 2006 - ↑ http://www.fr-aktuell.de/ressorts/kultur_und_medien/medien/?cnt=776050 phaToter Link | url = http: //www.fr-aktuell.de/ressorts/kultur_und_medien/medien/? Cnt = 776050 | date = 2018-08 | archivebot = 2018-08-25 11:16:03 InternetArchiveBot}} (link not available)
- ↑ http://www.lesben-magazin.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=418 phobot link | url = http: //www.lesben-magazin.com/modules.php? Name = News & file = article & sid = 418 | date = 2018-08 | archivebot = 2018-08-25 11:16:03 InternetArchiveBot}} (link not available)
- ^ Diepresse.com ( Memento from July 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Accessed: March 31, 2006
- ↑ Christian Buß : TV COMEDY "ANDERSRUM" - Man, what rubbish! , spiegel.de, December 27, 2005, accessed May 22, 2008
- ↑ http://blog.focus.de/ffc/archives/48 registersToter Link | url = http: //blog.focus.de/ffc/archives/48 | date = 2018-08 | archivebot = 2018-08 -25 11:16:03 InternetArchiveBot}} (link not available)