The incredible adventures of Guru Jacob
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The incredible adventures of Guru Jacob |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Franz Marischka |
| script |
Leon Pulwer Franz Marischka |
| production | KF movie, Munich |
| music | Schlager music |
| camera | Ernst W. Kalinke |
| cut | Gisela Haller |
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The Unbelievable Adventures of Guru Jakob is a German cinematic fun play by Franz Marischka with Zachi Noy and Thomas Ohrner in the leading roles.
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Jakob Feierabend has a hard time looking for a job. Wherever the stocky, corpulent, young and also a little dumb man tries to get work, he is turned away. The reason is his last name, because it is often assumed that this corresponds to Jacob's work ethic. He's also soon going to be rid of his job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant, as he has ruined it thoroughly, and Jakob doesn't cut a good figure as a representative for women's underwear. The green widow Clothilde Rieker confuses him with her sizeable and barely veiled bust, so that instead of selling something, Jakob soon ends up in bed with the voluptuous blonde. When Clothilde's husband suddenly returns home, Jakob, naked as he is, grabs the next best piece of cloth that he can get hold of. This is exactly the orange sheet under which he and Clothilde had amused themselves and with which he, laboriously covered, flees from the jealous husband of the gods.
Dressed in such an unusual way, Jakob, who is making a pilgrimage along the country road towards the village of Moosbrunn, is believed to be a guru, a "holy man" whose arrival was announced in a local newspaper and who is eagerly awaited by his followers. You spread out the red carpet for him, carry him around on a litter-like frame and pay homage to him. At the invitation of Mr. Wedel, the mayor's representative, “Guru Jakob” resides in Countess Falkenberg's pompous castle. Jakob's friend Tommy, financially no less clammy than Jakob but smart as a farmer, has a brilliant idea with which he could finally help both of them out of their eternal financial problems: Why shouldn't one earn a lot from these devoted guru disciples? Said and done. The "believers" open their hearts and wallets, and Tommy, as the shrewd manager of the supposedly "holy man", is making good money for the first time. Love is also not neglected for Tommy in the form of the pretty brunette Susi in this story.
But soon the beautiful glow collapses. Jakob, who as a true "job killer" had failed 15 times in his respective job in a very short time, will soon also be a topic in national newspapers, picture included. This is what the karate champion King-Fu, of all people, knows, whose Chinese restaurant was once ruined by clumsy Jakob. He thinks it is time to settle accounts with this tramp and sham "saint". Jakob, however, likes his new role more and more, and unlike Tommy, who primarily has his own cash register in mind, Jakob really wants to do good in Moosbrunn. Finally, all those who still have a chicken to pick with Jakob arrive in the sleepy town, and there is a turbulent and colorful finale in a lacquer factory, which like so many others of his “place of work” before, Jakob with his presence had blessed, is dismantled into its individual parts.
Production notes
The Incredible Adventures of Guru Jakob was filmed in Bavaria in the second half of 1982 and opened in German cinemas on July 14, 1983.
The Bavarian acting veteran Beppo Brem gave his farewell performance in a movie here.
Reviews
“Franz Marischka has brought to the screen everything that is a guarantee for laughter for his cast in a funny game about what is commonly referred to as 'German cinema humor': from the Israeli 'raspberry ice cream' comedian Zachi Noy to Wolfgang Fierek, who has not gotten lost at Lemke for a long time. "
“Two young people looking for work and women are confusing a Bavarian village where one of them is believed to be a financially strong guru. A cheap, superficial routine product that combines current hits with the provincialism of old-fashioned homeland films and unabashedly exploits the sect problem. "
Web links
- The Amazing Adventures of the guru Jakob in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The incredible adventures of Guru Jakob at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Incredible Adventures of Guru Jacob. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 17, 2016 .