The next time I kiss, I'll bang him down
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| Original title | The next time I kiss, I'll bang him down |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1995 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Hans-Christoph Blumenberg |
| script | Hans-Christoph Blumenberg |
| production | Hans-Christoph Blumenberg, Patrick Brandt |
| music | Guest Waltzing |
| camera | Klaus Peter Weber |
| cut | Florentine Bruck |
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The next time I kiss him, I'll bang him down is a German episodic fictional film from 1995 by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg about the eventful career of the German actor and director Reinhold Schünzel , played by Peter Fitz .
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In a kind of revue, the film shows the life of the important comedy specialist who shot one film success after the other until 1937 before he fled Nazi Germany overnight to continue his career in Hollywood, with far less success. Reinhold Schünzel's life as an artist is explored in 33 game scenes, which leads the viewer to Berlin, Karlsbad, Hollywood, Pacific Palisades, New York and finally Munich.
From 1933 the former actor and now star director became a juggler on his own behalf, who carefully balanced out in the Third Reich with his popular and original comedies how far he, who was "half-Jew" according to the Nazi reading, could go under the new rulers. Schünzel's life sometimes appears like his countless film roles that he has played since the First World War: sometimes a crook, then again like a straightforward drama, always a comedy and a tragedy, sometimes a moral play, a soap opera, a road movie and finally a crime film.
Production notes
The next time I kiss it, I bang it down - the title refers to the dialogue line of the same name in Schünzel's last German production Land der Liebe - was filmed in Hamburg from the beginning of November 1994 until the following year and on October 29, 1995 as part of the Hofer Film days premiered. The mass start was April 11, 1996.
Heikko Deutschmann acted as the narrator from the off.
Reviews
“Like a tightrope walker, the film performs its capers on Schünzel's narrow lifeline. The biographical facts are the web that gives this act security. But in case of doubt the film would work without Schünzel. And that's why you don't have to know anything about Schünzel to say, 'The next time I kiss, I'll knock him down!' to be able to enjoy. It is no small achievement of this film that it brings Reinhold Schünzel back into the limelight of memory. (...) Blumenberg's Schünzel is not a man of simple punch lines, but someone who can put his sentences so precisely that their tips hit the opponent without him noticing. This is also due to Peter Fitz, who plays Schünzel with a lust that is expressed in every scene. And although he really does not have the figure of a dancer, he moves through this life with incredible ease until the ground is pulled more and more from under his feet. "
"The film, supported by an intelligent direction concept and a grandiose leading actor, not only impresses with its brilliantly snappy dialogues, but also with its amusing, revealing look at a piece of (film) history."
Web links
- The next time you kiss' I'll shoot him down in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The next time I kiss, I'll bang him down at filmportal.de
- The next time I kiss him, I'll bang him down on cinegraph.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The next time I kiss, I'll bang him down. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 3, 2018 .