Crazy Race

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Movie
German title Crazy Race - The Wrath of the Tsar
Original title Crazy Race - The craziest race in the world
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2003
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Michael Keusch
script Günter Knarr
Philipp Weinges
production Günter Knarr
Philipp Weinges
Roland Mesmer
music Ralf Wengenmayr
camera Klaus Liebertz
cut Ingo Recker
occupation

Crazy Race is a German comedy from 2003 . It was first broadcast on March 23, 2003 on RTL .

content

Marc Weller was once a racing car driver and now earns his living by bringing back the luxury cars that have not been paid for by buyers to car dealers. But this time Marc has the bad luck to mistake the Ferrari of a financially weak buyer for the car of the gangster Tsintatse and to wreck his car in a chase. Tsintatse gives Marc a choice: Either he wins an illegal car race that leads across Germany to replace the Ferrari with the prize money for the victory, or he faces health-endangering consequences. Unexpectedly, Marc then stands in front of his eight-year-old daughter Tina for her weekend visit, which he reluctantly has to take with him to the race. His situation does not improve after the young policewoman Andrea stops him for an inspection and he has to kidnap her without further ado to avoid going to jail.

The organizer Berger also takes part in the race to keep the money in the house, with a car that is equipped with an AI computer ; however, its programming gradually becomes independent and the computer begins to fall in love with its owner. The moneyless Susi also takes part with her two children and a hearse that contains the coffin of her deceased husband, who originally wanted to take part in the race. There are also Tsintatses idiotic henchmen named Jesus and Andi, who are supposed to monitor Marc, but soon develop a fatal inclination for sipping gasoline; the homosexual Boris, who gets on the nerves of his constantly changing passengers with his chatter; and the imperious police chief von Moltke, who has a very personal chicken to pluck with illegal racing drivers.

useful information

  • 6.23 million citizens in the Federal Republic have seen the first part of the series. The sequel achieved even higher ratings.
  • The subtitle of the film at the premiere was The Craziest Race in the World . This title was also used on the DVD. When it was broadcast twice on RTL, the title of the film was Der Zorn des Zaren .
  • Katy Karrenbauer , Dirk Bach , Ottfried Fischer and Mundstuhl are the only actors who have appeared in each part of the Crazy Race series so far , albeit in different roles.

Sequels

Due to the great success of Crazy Race , three sequels have meanwhile been shot: Crazy Race 2 - Why the Wall Really fell was broadcast on November 21, 2004, Crazy Race 3 - You pick every lock on January 5, 2007 and African Race - The crazy hunt after the Marakunda on January 1, 2008, each time on the private broadcaster RTL.

On May 9, 2010, RTL broadcast the film CIS - Chaoten im Specialinsatz , which dealt with guest appearances in a similar way.

Reviews

"Undemanding chaos comedy cast with German comedy stars, which offers the genre's well-known recipes with shrill types and lots of gossip."

- Lexicon of international film

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