Three and a half servings
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Three and a half servings |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1985 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Siggi Götz |
| script | Florian Burg |
| production | Karl Spiehs |
| music | Gunter Greffenius |
| camera | Rolf Liccini |
| cut | Norbert Herzner |
| occupation | |
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Three and a Half Portions is a German comedy film from 1985 with the two Olympians Jürgen Hingsen and Rolf Milser and the slapstick Karl Dall in the lead roles as well as the TV series star Patrick Bach as a "half portion".
action
The two pilots Tscharlie and Hammer of a tiny low-cost airline with the euphemistic name "Bravo-Air" are de facto bankrupt: For months the company has not owed the landing and parking fee to the small airport in Calvia. Four high-risk emergency landings in the last month alone let the rather cautious head of air traffic control in Calcera finally tear the patience. Until the two almost break pilots have paid off their debts, their flying heap of tin is arrested.
Then one day Tscharlie, Hammer and the on-board mechanic found the solution to all their problems: The hot-headed Sicilian Fabo instructs the two flying power guys to move a coffin from Mallorca for a lot of money. Little did the three men suspect that there is something much more delicate in the wooden box than a corpse. The unsuspecting aviators soon get caught up in a tangible gangster war that is fanned by the mafia boss and drug dealer Art Melone. His opponent is called Leo Leone, and he is very keen on the contents of the coffin, a valuable load of hashish ...
Production notes
Three and a half portions was created in Mallorca in 1984 and premiered on February 1, 1985. The German first broadcast on RTL plus took place on May 28, 1988.
Erich Tomek , who also wrote the script under the pseudonym Florian Burg, took over the production management. Rolf Albrecht designed the costumes , Klaus Haase the equipment.
useful information
The athletes Jürgen Hingsen (decathletes) and Rolf Milser (weightlifter) caused quite a stir with their performances during the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and seemed popular enough to producer Karl Spiehs to shoot a film with them in the leading roles in the best case scenario, it would attract numerous sports fans to the cinemas. Co-star Patrick Bach had become known a few years earlier with two ZDF Christmas series ( Silas and Jack Holborn ).
reception
Der Spiegel recalled that the film was "a nationwide ridiculed flop".
The lexicon of the international film saw in the strip "bad advertisement for the main actors: gross slapstick, embarrassment, fights and meat inspection alternate."
Web links
- Three and a half serving in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Three and a half portions at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hercules in the trap in: Der Spiegel, 39/1985
- ↑ Three and a half servings. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 1, 2018 .