Fack ju Göhte

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Movie
Original title Fack ju Göhte
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2013
length 118 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
Rod
Director Bora Dagtkin
script Bora Dagtkin
production Christian Becker
Lena Schömann
music Beckmann
Djorkaeff
Beatzarre
camera Christof Wahl
cut Charles Ladmiral
Zaz Montana
occupation
chronology

Successor  →
Fack ju Göhte 2

Fack ju Göhte (intentional misspelling of Fuck you , Goethe ) is a comedy by Bora Drachtkin . In Germany it had the most cinema-goers in the film year 2013 with around 5.6 million and over 7 million by July 2014.

The main roles are played by Elyas M'Barek and Karoline Herfurth , the supporting roles by young actors Max von der Groeben and Jella Haase . Fack ju Göhte was produced by Rat Pack Filmproduktion together with Constantin Film .

The film was followed by two more parts in the Fack-ju-Göhte film series . In 2016, No Manches Frida was a Mexican remake .

action

The bank robber Zeki Müller is released from prison. He goes in search of the booty of his last raid in order to pay off his debts with the brothel operator Attila. Zeki's friend Charlie had buried the money on a construction site thirteen months earlier, assuming it would only be laying pipes. Zeki locates the prey using GPS under a newly built gym at the Goethe Comprehensive School in Munich . In order to get at the booty, Zeki applies for the vacancy of the deceased caretaker, but due to a misunderstanding is hired as a substitute teacher.

When Ingrid Leimbach-Knorr, the teacher of the difficult class 10b, tries to commit suicide and throws herself out of a window on the first floor, Director Gerster hands over the management of the class to the overly correct Elisabeth "Lisi" Schnabelstedt, who previously only worked as a trainee teacher at the Goethe- Comprehensive school worked. She cannot assert herself against the students and is driven to despair by some bad student pranks. Meanwhile, Zeki works on a tunnel in the school basement at night to get to the prey. So that he can present the necessary certificate for the teaching assignment to the director, he copies Lisi's. When she notices this, she blackmailed Zeki into taking over the completely undisciplined class 10b and thus getting her old seventh grade back.

With unconventional methods and with educational tips from Lisi and her roommate Caro, Zeki manages to tame the 10b and especially its leaders, Daniel ("Danger") and Chantal. Among other things, Zeki is improving Lisi's image with a graffiti spray campaign. A student sprays the title “Fack ju Göhte” on a train. Zeki also arranges a date for Lisi's younger sister Laura with her crush Danger and advocates Lisi's guardianship for Laura. Zeki and Lisi get closer and fall in love.

After working all night in the tunnel, Zeki finds his prey. Shortly afterwards, a stout schoolgirl breaks through the gym floor during an exercise on the jumping horse, whereupon Lisi discovers and explores the tunnel. Lisi overhears Zeki on the phone and learns about his past as a criminal, whereupon she breaks off contact with him. Depressed, Zeki wants to commit a robbery with his former inmate Paco. His girlfriend Charlie can convince Lisi that he wanted to change for Lisi. Also by choosing a photo of Lisi from her school days, which he found in a time capsule in the tunnel, as his motivational picture during a class action , Zeki demonstrates his affection for her.

Zeki breaks off the attack when students suddenly speak to him and in the background he sees the sprayed train with the inscription “Fack ju Göhte” driving past. He then visits Lisi with handcuffs he had put on himself and pretends to flee from the police. Shortly afterwards he redeems the terrified Lisi, explains her up and gives her a dress for the graduation party at school. He confesses to the principal that he is not a teacher at all and that he does not even have a high school diploma . However, she wants to keep him as a teacher and without further ado issues him a forged high school diploma . The 10b is now ready to follow the lessons and learn. Your grades in German, previously five or six, have improved significantly.

production

Casting

The role of Zeki Müller was written by Dierterkin for Elyas M'Barek . Both had already worked together on the television series Schoolgirls , Doctor's Diary and Turkish for Beginners as well as its cinema adaptation . The producer Lena Schömann praised M'Barek for his "unbelievable discipline", as the actor worked with a personal trainer five times a week months before shooting started and lost eight kilograms in order to have a well-trained upper body for beginners as in Turkish .

The female lead was taken on by the Grimme Prize winner Karoline Herfurth , who, after Mädchen, Mädchen and the sequel that appeared in 2004, was rarely seen in comedies. Lena Schömann justified the choice of Herfurth by saying that she had “a great feel for comedy and timing.” The role of director went to Katja Riemann , who had a guest appearance in the film for the series Turkish for Beginners . Uschi Glas can be seen in the supporting role of the burnt-out teacher Ingrid Leimbach-Knorr . She had already portrayed the sister of the main character Pepe Nietnagel in some parts of the comedy series Die Lümmel von der Erste Bank (1968–1972) .

A student role was given to Max von der Groeben , who in 2013 was awarded the Golden Camera with the Lilli Palmer & Curd Jürgens memory camera as the best young actor. Von der Groeben embodies the "leader" Danger in the film , while Jella Haase plays the student Chantal Ackermann . In 2011 she was awarded the Bavarian Film Prize for Best Young Actress and in 2013 at the Studio Hamburg Young Talent Prize with the Günter Strack Television Prize for Best Actress.

  • Elyas M'Barek

  • Karoline Herfurth

  • Katja Riemann

  • Max von der Groeben

  • Uschi Glas

Filming

Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium Unterhaching on the first day of shooting
Wagons painted with graffiti

The shooting took place mainly in Munich and Berlin . The Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium Unterhaching served as the backdrop for the Goethe comprehensive school of the film. The school was already in school , the literary film Die Wolke or in the ZDF television series Climate Change . In Berlin u. a. Filmed on Kurfürstendamm and in a prefabricated building district in the Neukölln district . In addition, swimming pool scenes were created in the sports and teaching swimming pool in Berlin-Schöneberg, and scenes were also filmed in Munich's Südbad . The scenes in the prison were filmed in a former GDR prison on Berlin's Keibelstrasse.

Filming began on April 28, 2013 and lasted 41 days.

publication

Four teasers were published on July 28, 2013, the official cinema trailer was released on October 10, 2013, and the premiere was on October 29, 2013 at the Mathäser Kino in Munich. On November 2, 2013, a one-week cinema tour through Germany and Austria with Bora Drachtkin , Elyas M'Barek and Karoline Herfurth started before the film opened in German cinemas on November 7, 2013. In Germany, the 25 cities included included u. a. Berlin , Cottbus , Dortmund , Hamburg , Karlsruhe , Cologne , Leipzig and Nuremberg . In Austria Linz , Salzburg and Vienna were visited.

The film was seen by 3 million cinema-goers 17 days after it was released, making it the most successful German film of the year in a very short time. In 2013 there were 5,622,273 visitors at the German box offices nationwide. Up to November 8, 2015, 7,394,469 visitors were counted. The film thus ranks first in terms of visitor numbers in the year it was released and fifth among the most successful German films in the Federal Republic since 1968. The international box-office result is over 72 million euros.

In January 2014 it was announced that the film would be offered for international release under the name Suck Me Shakespeer .

Dispute over trademark rights

Constantin Film Produktion GmbH wanted to register the film title in 2015 with the European Trademark Office (EUIPO) as a trademark for various merchandising items (including personal care products, jewelry and clothing). The company filed a complaint against the rejection of the application dated September 25, 2015. The Fifth Board of Appeal of the EUIPO rejected the request with the decision of December 1, 2016 on the grounds that the designation “Fack Ju Göhte” was contrary to morality.

The action brought against this at the General Court of the European Union was dismissed by judgment of January 24, 2018. The court essentially upheld the Office's decision. In the grounds of the judgment, the court stated that the average consumer in the German-speaking countries of the EU would equate the title with the vulgar English expression "fuck you" and the incorrectly spelled surname Goethe , which could offend many consumers. The fact that the expression was the title of a film that several million people had seen does not contradict this. Even if “some of the relevant public may consider an extremely crude expression to be acceptable”, this is not in itself sufficient “to regard this perception as the relevant”.

Constantin Film appealed this judgment to the European Court of Justice . With a judgment of February 27, 2020, the latter overturned the decisions of the General Court of the European Union and the EUIPO. The reason given by the ECJ was that it was not sufficiently taken into account that the film titles were “not perceived as morally reprehensible by the German-speaking general public”. Now the European Trademark Office has to decide again about registration as a European Union trademark.

Soundtrack

Fack ju Göhte (Official Soundtrack)
Soundtrack by various artists

Publication
(s)

2013

Label (s) Polydor (Universal)

Format (s)

Audio CD , download

Genre (s)

Pop , rock , electronic music

Title (number)

26th

running time

70 minutes

occupation see section track list

At the start of the film, a soundtrack with music from the film was released on CD. In addition to many pieces of music used in the film, there are also parts of the film music by Beckmann and the music producer Djorkaeff on the CD.

Track list
  1. "Cheating" - John Newman
  2. "Fack Ju Göhte Beat" - Djorkaeff & Beatzarre
  3. " Error " - Madeline Juno
  4. "Pumpin Blood" - NoNoNo
  5. "Let Her Go" - Passenger
  6. "Hands Around The World" - Djorkaeff
  7. "Petrol Beat" - Djorkaeff & Beatzarre
  8. "Move" - ​​D / R Period
  9. "Brother" - Smashproof
  10. "Ain't No Fun" - Nitro
  11. "Hey Now" - Martin Solveig & The Cataracs feat. Kyle
  12. "Everybody Talks" - Neon Trees
  13. “That's Pimkie!” - Beckmann
  14. "Dry My Soul" - Amanda Jenssen
  15. "Change Is Gonna Come" - Olly Murs
  16. "What I Go To School For" - Busted
  17. "High Hopes" - Kodaline
  18. "Time capsule" - Beckmann
  19. "Can't Help" - Parachute
  20. "Deep Diving" - Thilo Brandt
  21. "Classroom Beat" - Djorkaeff & Beatzarre
  22. "Laura, she's talking to you!" - Beckmann
  23. "Theater Beat" - Djorkaeff & Beatzarre
  24. "Balkan Bachata" - Clea & Kim
  25. "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" - Samantha Fox
  26. "Cheating" (remix) - John Newman

The Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka by Johann Strauss was also used, but is not included on the soundtrack CD.

Reviews

"Bora Dagtkin's second film directorial work 'Fack ju Göhte' is a cheeky and funny comedy with laughs every minute, a pinch of emotion and brilliant actors - in the tradition of his debut 'Turkish for Beginners'."

- Filmstarts.de

“Of course there are a few lengths here and there, and it also seems to be mandatory that a German film cannot function without a final reconciliation and bringing together all the characters. But when you consider how enjoyable you were entertained in the 120 minutes, that doesn't matter that much. "

- MovieMaze.de

"Despite its predictable plot, 'Fack ju Göhte' is an astonishingly entertaining and funny film, thanks in particular to the fast-paced production and the playful leading actor!"

- Spielfilm.de

“As a modern version of the embarrassingly uncomfortable 'Pauker' films, 'Fack ju Göhte' attracted an audience of millions into the cinemas. But as nice as it is that they enjoyed themselves, (...) Bora Drachtkin's film is nothing more than the hot air that the students produce here. "

- Meeting point: criticism

Awards

  • 2014: Bambi in the Film National category
  • 2014: German Comedy Award for the most successful cinema comedy
  • 2014: Jupiter in the categories Best German Film and Most Successful German Film
  • 2014: Audience Award of the Bavarian Film Award 2013
  • 2014: Platinum Bogey Award for 5 million moviegoers in 50 days
  • 2014: Golden screen with a star for more than 6 million moviegoers
  • 2014: Nomination for the German Film Prize in the "Best Screenplay" category
  • 2014: Nominations for the German Film Prize for Jella Haase and Katja Riemann in the category "Best Acting Performance - Female Supporting Role"
  • 2014: Special prize at the New Faces Award for the producers Lena Schömann and Christian Becker.
  • 2014: German film award for the most popular film of the year
  • 2015: Nomination in the cinema category of the German Audio Film Award for the audio description spoken by Ari Mog

Sequels

After the success of the film, the successor Fack ju Göhte 2 appeared in 2015 . On October 26, 2017, Fack ju Göhte 3, dubbed “Final Fack”, started as the third and last part .

musical

On January 21, 2018, the musical adaptation Fack ju Göhte - Das Musical premiered in Munich . The musical produced by Stage Entertainment was written by Simon Triebel , Nicolas Rebscher and Kevin Schroeder and was the first production in the new Werk 7 theater in the east of the city. The musical was shown until September 9, 2018. The main roles were Max Hemmersdorfer (January to May 2018) and Daron Yates (May to September 2018) as Zeki Müller and Johanna Spantzel as Lisi Schnabelstedt.

radio play

  • 2013: Fack Ju Göhte (Jumbo New Media, 2 CDs)

Web links

Commons : Fack ju Göhte  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Fack ju Göhte . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2013 (PDF; test number: 141 130 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for Fack ju Göhte . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Fack ju Göhte - remake at the top of the Mexican charts. In: spiegel.de , accessed on September 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c d press booklet for "Fack ju Göhte"
  5. ↑ Facebook page of 'Fack ju Göhte' with all dates about the cinema tour , accessed on October 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ FACK JU GÖHTE cracks the 3 million visitor mark asapissimo. In: presseportal.de , accessed on November 25, 2013.
  7. ↑ KINOaktuell: What you wanted: Münster's cinema year 2013, C. Lou Lloyd, Filminfo No. 4, 23-29 January 2014, p. 24 f.
  8. ↑ insidekino.com
  9. ↑ insidekino.com
  10. ↑ Fack ju Göhte. In: Box Office Mojo , accessed November 10, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Fack ju Göhte" becomes "Suck Me Shakespeer". In: de.kino.yahoo.com , accessed January 28, 2014.
  12. ↑ EuG, judgment of January 24, 2018 , case T-69/17 - Constantin Film Produktion / EUIPO (Fack Ju Göhte), ECLI: EU: T: 2018: 27, accessed on January 24, 2018, passim.
  13. ↑ EU court judges cinema titles: "Fack Ju Göhte" is too vulgar . In: faz.net. January 24, 2018. Accessed January 24, 2018.
  14. ↑ Press release of the ECJ of February 27, 2020. (PDF) Retrieved February 27, 2020 .
  15. ^ Criticism by the Filmstarts editorial team. In: Filmstarts.de , accessed on October 22, 2013.
  16. ^ Criticism from the MovieMaze editorial team. In: MovieMaze.de , accessed on October 25, 2013.
  17. ^ Criticism by the Spielfilm.de editorial team. In: Spielfilm.de , accessed on December 3, 2013.
  18. ^ Critique by Jens Adrian. In: Meeting Point: Criticism , accessed on March 7, 2017.
  19. ↑ Bavarian Film Prize for “Fack ju Göhte” with Elyas M'Barek. In: augsburger-allgemeine.de , accessed on January 22, 2014.
  20. ↑ Fack ju Göhte: Over 5 million visitors see Germany's favorite film of the year. In: constantin-film.de , accessed on January 11, 2014.
  21. ↑ 6 million moviegoers | Fack ju Göhte receives a golden canvas with a star from the HDF. In: constantin-film.de , accessed on January 11, 2014.
  22. ↑ F * ck You, Goethe in the Hörfilm database of Hörfilm e. V.
  23. ↑ 13th German Audio Film Award 2015
  24. ↑ Michael Zirnstein: The Fack-ju-Göhte musical is so casual. Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 22, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2018 .
  25. ^ Christiane Lutz: "Fack ju Göhte" musical failed in Munich. Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 29, 2018, accessed on September 23, 2018 .