Beloved opponents
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Beloved opponents |
| Country of production | Austria , Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Peter Weck |
| script |
Uli Brée Rupert Henning |
| production | ORF ZDF |
| music | Christian Kolonovits |
| camera | Hans Grimmelmann |
| cut | Sonja gloss |
| occupation | |
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Beloved opponents is a German-Austrian crook comedy by Peter Weck from 1999 . The first performance was on May 8, 1999 on ORF 1 . The television film saw a sequel the following year with Die Ehre der Strizzis .
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The little pickpocket Max steals a silver suitcase from a locker at the airport. What he does not know is that he is endangering an important business for the underworld great Kutas Jakesch. In the suitcase are 20 million in small bills, which the Russian businessman Mikhail Krimov paid in exchange for construction plans for a three-liter car. Jakesch should deliver the plans, whereby he should receive them from an ominous businessman. Since Jakesch is not to be trifled with, Max knows that he will die, regardless of whether he returns the suitcase to Jakesch or not. His last resort is the help of the experienced con artist Paul - his own father.
Paul is not happy, he has been planning for a long time to settle accounts with Jakesch, who once shot his best friend Fritz. It turns out that Paul is the ominous businessman who offered the plans to Jakesch. Paul has no plans, but wants to take the 20 million off Jakesch, since money is Jakesch's only weak point. With his son, the petty criminal Oskar, driver Erich and bar owner Nelly, Paul sets out to put Jakesch down. Max is presented to Jakesch as a defector who stands between him and the businessman. This businessman, in turn, is in contact with an employee of the Österreichische Motorenwerke who, as a works spy, will hand over the plans to the businessman and has already handed over some of the documents for security. In a bogus money transport, Jakesch's husband Heinz first takes the 20 million from Oskar in disguise so that he is able to buy Paul's supposed plans. Time is of the essence when Mikhail Krimov finally wants to see goods for the money he has delivered. Within three days, Oskar and Kurt tinker with the wrong construction plans for a three-liter car, as Jakesch wants to inspect the plans himself before handing them over to Michail.
Jakesch's alleged lover Viola makes the suggestion in Max's presence, however, to cheat the ominous businessman out of the money by making a false money transfer while the actual deal was already concluded the day before. The group adjusts to it. During an official tour of the Austrian engine works, Nelly and Erich abseil down from the group and hastily set up an office in an abandoned building. Here, finally, Oskar appears, posing as a factory spy, who shows Jakesch, who appears with Max, part of the wrong construction plans on the PC. Jakesch makes him give him the CD immediately for half of the total amount agreed and Oskar agrees. He takes the money, but Heinz takes it from him a short time later. The real trick, however, is planned for the next day. Jakesch set the supposed trap. As the alleged henchman of the works spy, Max sells the ominous businessman Paul an empty CD. Paul supposedly gives him a suitcase filled with ten million. While Jakesch is exulting, the police suddenly appear and arrest Paul and Max. Jakesch and Heinz flee hastily, but the police officers were friends of Paul and Max in disguise.
Jakesch believes the police will find him shortly and will get his 20 million from his home safe. Suddenly his supposed lover Viola stands in front of him and threatens him with a gun. She reveals to him that she really works for Mikhail Krimov. Jakesch leaves her the money so that she doesn't shoot him. He flees to the airport and gets on the next plane to Mallorca. Paul has meanwhile disguised himself as a Viennese underworld great and met with Michail Krimow, to whom he presented himself as an underworld great of equal value. He explains to him that he does not want to have any trouble with him and therefore wants to give him back his 20 million that Yakesh had stolen from him. In the suitcase, however, there is no money, but rather drugs - plaster of paris prepared by Max. Jakesch has invested all millions in drugs, Paul explains. However, since drug investigators are just showing up in front of the bar, Mikhail is not interested in the suitcase, but in escaping. He also rushes to the airport and takes the next best plane - to Mallorca and his seat is right behind Jakeschs, who now knows what to expect.
Paul and Max celebrate with Nelly, Kurt and Oskar their victory over Jakesch and thus their successful revenge for Fritz. Max wants to know from Paul where the 20 million went in the end. Suddenly Viola stands next to them with the suitcase of money. She is actually Amelie Griemann, Fritz's daughter, and was privy to and included in Paul's plan from the start.
criticism
For the film service , Beloved Opponent was a "(television) crook comedy with a good portion of Viennese humiliation , the clichéd characters of which were written for the popular actors."
Web links
- Beloved opponents in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beloved opponents. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .