Erkan & Stefan (film)

Movie
Original title	Erkan & Stefan
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2000
length	87 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Michael Bully Herbig
script	Philipp Weinges , Günter Knarr
production	Philip Voges , Mischa Hofmann
music	Ralf Wengenmayr
camera	Stefan Schuh
cut	Alexander Dittner
occupation
John Friedmann : Erkan Maria Moosleitner Florian Simbeck : Stefan Lust Alexandra Neldel : Nina Eckernförde Manfred Zapatka : Mr. Eckernförde, Nina's father Sigi Terpoorten : Manfred Carstens Anna Böttcher : Bunny Monika Manz : Mrs. Lust, Stefan's mother Tim Wilde : Agent Bendig Luc Feit : Agent Melzer Peter Rappenglück : Horst, Stefan's brother Marek Włodarczyk : Rado Sylvia Nentwig: Mrs. Eckernförde, Nina's mother Hermann von Ulzen : Professor Schenker Christian Tramitz : BND man Charles M. Huber : Commissioner

Erkan & Stefan is a German film by Michael Herbig from 2000.

action

The publisher Eckernförde comes into possession of a cassette on which the last minutes in the life of Uwe Barschel are recorded. Both the BND and the CIA are interested in this recording. Coincidentally, Eckernförde's daughter Nina, who wants to visit her seriously ill mother in Munich, pocketed this cassette. Of all people, Erkan and Stefan are hired as bodyguards for Nina. The two accidental personal protection officers actually manage not only to protect the cassette from the BND and CIA, but also to free the meanwhile kidnapped Nina from the American embassy. However, at the end of the film, you find out that Erkan and Stefan accidentally overwritten the tape.

background

The film opened in theaters on April 20, 2000 and was seen by 1,239,231 viewers.

Reviews

“Unimportant comedy whose joke-free humor is somewhere between a lack of taste and a lack of level. The amateurish theatrical performances stand in clear contrast to the relatively lavishly staged images of the action story. "

- Lexicon of international film

“With Erkan & Stefan much more is true than one might have expected from a comedian outfit from Germany. And if you miss the diaphragm, you can still look forward to the most action-packed urination scene in film history. Peeing has never been more exciting ... "

- Cinema

Awards

• Bavarian Film Award (2001): VGF Award
• The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.

Sequels

The film Erkan and Stefan - Against the Forces of Darkness followed in 2002 . The director took Axel Sand . Three years later, Erkan & Stefan came to the cinemas in The Death Comes Blatant .

Web links

• Erkan & Stefan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Erkan & Stefan at filmportal.de
• Erkan & Stefan at crew united
• Erkan & Stefan in the online film database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ TOP 100 GERMANY 2000 , insidekinode. , accessed September 27, 2014
2. ↑ Erkan & Stefan. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
3. ↑ Erkan & Stefan on cinema.de