Dudu

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Dudu is the name of a German series of five films that were made between 1971 and 1978 under the direction of Rudolf Zehetgruber .

Movies

• A Beetle Goes All Out (1971)
• A Beetle Goes Full Throttle (1972)
• A Beetle on an Extra Tour (1973)
• The craziest car in the world (1975)
• Two Great Beetles Clean Up (1978)

background

Dudu is the name of a yellow VW Beetle that is practically the "main actor" in the film series. The name Dudu means insect or beetle in Swahili . In keeping with its name, the vehicle has a Duisburg license plate (DU-DU 926). The model for the “miracle car” Dudu was Herbie from the Disney film A Great Beetle (1968). The difference between the vehicles is that Herbie is supposed to be a kind of "living wonder car", while Dudu is portrayed more as a computer car with occasional elements of artificial intelligence . Dudu has countless gadgets and skills and should also be able to speak, of which traces can be seen or heard earlier in the first film; however, this idea was discarded. The Craziest Car in the World DVD features a second version of the film with a fully dubbed Dudu with a robot-like voice.

In the first Dudu film A Beetle Goes Whole , Dudu is still a long way from the sovereign hi-tech vehicle: The original Dudu - a model from the 1950s or 1960s in the look of the ADAC  - is therefore sometimes made into a cartoon eyes, can repeat words and even cry. With the following films, Dudu got more and more skills, such as swimming, driving sideways, acting as a helicopter with attached parts or driving a retractable engine without petrol.

The last film in the Dudu series is actually a film of its own in terms of content, in which the beetle does not play a role. This film is said to have been relabeled as a Dudu film only after pressure from the distribution company.

Producer Zehetgruber was also the leading actor. However, he can never be heard in his own voice, but was dubbed by Fred Maire or Klaus Kindler .

Although all parts of the Dudu series were rather simple low-budget films , well-known German and international actors were involved. In addition to Kurt Jaggberg , Walter Roderer and Sal Borgese , Walter Giller , Heinz Reincke and Joachim Fuchsberger, among others, could be seen in leading and supporting roles.

In September 2006 all five Dudu films by Kinowelt were released in a Dudu edition on five DVDs . The idea of ​​a computer-controlled supercar is said to have inspired the US producer Glen A. Larson in the 1980s for the television series Knight Rider , which was finally produced between 1982 and 1986.

literature

• Michael Wenk: Walter Roderer - A life in pictures . Huber & Co. AG, Frauenfeld 2007.