The thing (film)

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Movie
Original title The thing
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1978
Rod
Director Ulrich Edel
script Bernd Schwamm ,
Herman Weigel
production Peter Zenk
music Andreas Koebner
camera Charly Steinberger
occupation

Das Ding is a German two-part TV series that was first shown on ZDF on August 31, 1979 . It was based on the novel of the same name by Franz Josef Wagner .

action

The dissatisfied with their lives conscripts Rocky, Sprint, angels and Joker and her friend Michaela invaded in 1973 together a money transfer of 250 million marks, consisting of freshly imprinted 5-mark coins in four trucks . For this purpose, a construction site is faked to force the convoy to drive slowly. Combat gas grenades are then fired at the ventilation inlets of the MAN trucks . The friends can steal three of the four trucks and then hide them in an abandoned mine. Rocky accidentally kills one of the cash transport passengers. Later, the robbers learned from the television news that the federal government suspected a terrorist background and wanted to exchange the 5 DM coins for new coins so that the captured “brand new Heiermänner ” could no longer be put into circulation, which would render the loot worthless . From this point on, the group disintegrates. Rocky is the only one who pursues the idea of ​​melting down the coins because of their high silver content, and it ends with an accident. He remains paralyzed and begins to hate his previous friends. Thinking about revenge, he trains with a gun for the planned murders.

background

The film adaptation of the novel by "Provocateur" Franz Josef Wagner revolves around the actual exchange of the 5 DM coins in 1975. Recordings of reports from the news program today create a reference to reality. The actual reason for the exchange was the material price of the old coins, which had risen sharply due to silver speculation .

The actor of the Joker, Steve Connolly, was a roadie from The Clash and the Sex Pistols and also appeared in several films by Wolfgang Büld .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to the ARD trailer

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