Go Trabi Go 2 - That was the wild east

Movie
Original title	Go Trabi Go 2 - That was the wild east
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1992
length	93 minutes
Rod
Director	Wolfgang Büld , Reinhard Klooss
script	Stefan Cantz , Reinhard Klooss
production	Günter Rohrbach
music	Ekki Stein
camera	Axel Block
cut	Christel Suckow
occupation
Wolfgang Stumph : Udo Struutz Claudia Schmutzler : Jacqueline Struutz Marie Gruber : Rita Struutz Rolf Zacher : Charlie Uwe Friedrichsen : Mayor Kuhn Dietmar Schönherr : Banker Gustav Hohenstein Jochen Busse : Administrative Director Gunther Emmerlich : Opera singer Wolfgang Lippert : gentlemen's outfitter Günter Schubert : Operations Director Meier Günter Junghans : Operations Director Schulz Detlef Rothe : Operations Director Müller Tony Stevens : William Buck Heinrich Schafmeister : Fricke Gerit Kling : Diana Jaecki Schwarz : Dr. Schimmelpfenning Birke Bruck : Mrs. Eisele Marga Legal : Grandma Lause Uwe Steimle : Skinhead pimples Tom Pauls : Raoul Hans-Joachim Hegewald : Landlord Rudolf Donath : Farmer

Go Trabi Go 2 - That was the wild east is a German comedy film from 1992. As in the successful predecessor Go Trabi Go (1991), Wolfgang Stumph , Claudia Schmutzler and Marie Gruber can be seen again in the leading roles. The supporting roles are also prominently cast with Rolf Zacher , Uwe Friedrichsen , Dietmar Schönherr , Jochen Busse , Gunther Emmerlich , Wolfgang Lippert , Tom Pauls , Uwe Steimle and many more

action

When the Struutz family returned from their vacation in Italy, a lot changed in Bitterfeld . The US investor William Buck is leveling the land and converting it into a modern golf course. A fresh start in the city of Dresden is now being tried. Udo Struutz benefits from the inheritance of a garden gnome factory in Landwitz. However, Mayor Kuhn is also attached to the former state-owned company "Rote Mütze", who wants to snatch the property for a motorway project.

The family splits up and tries to gain advantages. Daughter Jacqueline tours Dresden, while mother Rita charms Mayor Kuhn, who seems to be more interested in bird watching. Udo is finally offered to sell the factory for a symbolic mark. Otherwise he would be expropriated - unless he can raise a million marks, which are supposed to be proof of investment and thus prevent the expropriation.

Shortly afterwards, Udo meets the adventurer Charlie, who quickly says goodbye to his goal of supplying the East with condoms. However, Charlie infects Udo with his entrepreneurial spirit and gives him the idea of ​​traveling to the man who has the Struutz 'house on his conscience: William Buck. Arriving in New York , Udo draws the investor's attention to himself with an outburst of anger and finally gets an order for the garden gnome production worth over a million dollars. Back at home, Udo can use the check to prevent expropriation and preserve the production facility for garden gnomes. Thanks to Jacqueline's initiative, which saved the Trabi Schorsch from being scrapped and restored it to its old (light blue) shine, the Struutz family is now reuniting. In one last encounter, Udo says goodbye to Charlie, who is on his way to the Urals, because the "wild east" no longer exists for him.

background

Go Trabi Go 2 - That was the wild east came into German cinemas on August 20, 1992, but could not build on the success of its predecessor. The television premiere followed on November 5, 1995 on ProSieben .

The shooting took place from April to June 1992 in the Bavaria Filmstudios as well as at original locations in Bitterfeld , Dresden , Munich and New York . Filming locations in the title sequence included Possendorfer Straße "K9013" with the hiking sign near Karsdorf , the level crossing in Rabenau , the former swimming pool in Kleinnaundorf , Burgk Castle as mayor of Kuhn's house, the Semperoper, the Augustus Bridge and the airport in Dresden and various Places in Saxon Switzerland .

The Augustus Bridge in Dresden , from which skinheads encounter a scrap metal barge in the film Trabant “Schorsch”.

While the Trabant was still the focus of the plot in Go Trabi Go , it is more in the background in the sequel.

Soundtrack

Numerous well-known music tracks that were released on CD by Polydor in 1992 were used for the film .

• Slade :
  • Far, far away
  • Look Wot You Dun
  • I don't mind
  • Universe

• Chris De Belle:
  • Black satin
  • Take Me In Your Arms Again
  • True love
  • Daheme again

• West Lake Orchestra:
  • True love
  • Daheme again
• GG Anderson : Girls, girls
• U96 : The boat
• Wolfgang Stumph : That Was The Wild East
• Taco : Heartbreak City
• Everyday: Slade

Reviews

"Tame comedy that is ultimately better at tourism advertising than satirical swipes at new German realities."

- Lexicon of international film

“While the first Trabi took off with 1.5 million visitors, the second never got going due to a lack of humor. Conclusion: meant as satire, fizzled out as farce. "

- Cinema

“After the success of Peter Timm's cinema comedy Go Trabi Go , this sequel was created the following year, but it no longer achieves the wit and above all the originality of its predecessor. This is mainly due to the direction of co-author Reinhard Kloos and Wolfgang Büld, who instead of subtle humor and situational comedy as in part one only produced silly and predictable thigh-thump jokes. Even the prominent cast cannot change that. "

- prism

Web links

• Go Trabi Go 2 - This was the Wild East in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Go Trabi Go 2 - That was the wild east at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Various at discogs.com, accessed November 12, 2019.
2. ↑ Go Trabi Go 2 - That was the wild east. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
3. ↑ cf. cinema.de
4. ↑ cf. prisma.de