Chocolate for the boss
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Chocolate for the boss |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Manfred Stelzer |
| script | Stefan Cantz , Jan Hinter |
| production | ARD Degeto film |
| music | Lutz Kerschowski , Danny Dziuk |
| camera | Marco Uggiano |
| cut | Bernd Schriever |
| occupation | |
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Chocolate for the Boss is a German TV film by Manfred Stelzer from 2008.
action
The head of a multinational food company and eighth richest person in Germany, Ernst Schmitt, reluctantly transfers the management of the company to his nephew Marc after a heart operation under pressure from his sister Waltraut. As one of his first official acts, he decides to close the headquarters of the group due to a lack of profitability, which increases Ernst's distrust of him. Ernst Schmitt then decides to intervene with the help of his chauffeur Hubert Ollerbeck: He is hired under a false name as a driver for the managing director Stefan Gräber in his company. He claims to his family that he is taking a cure. In this way he learns that Gräber is deliberately damaging the company in order to earn commission from the sale of the company's property. Thereupon Schmitt has to give up his cover in order to uncover this intrigue and save the company. With his help, a big job can be saved because he knows the people he has to talk to for it. But the recipe for the chocolate specialty ordered has disappeared, that is, it has been destroyed by graves. Fortunately, Schmitt still knows the recipe very well, as he started as an apprentice in the company his grandfather founded. With this large order, the company is financially secure and does not have to be sold.
With this role reversal, Schmitt also helped his chauffeur, who had represented him very well all along, to his personal happiness. As "Schmitt", Ollerbeck got to know and love the wealthy Miranda Sotschmann, so that he gave up his job and moved to Sotschmann.
Production notes
Chocolate for the boss was shot in Cologne and the surrounding area from September 3, 2007 to October 8, 2007 and had its premiere in Germany on July 26, 2008 on Das Erste .
The film was released on DVD on May 4, 2012.
criticism
For the film-dienst , chocolate was a "well-played (television) comedy of confusion about a tradition-conscious old-school entrepreneur and his devoted factotum."
The TV Spielfilm found: "A lively, silly, ironic entrepreneur's fairy tale that is forgiven for kitsch and weaknesses."
Web links
- Chocolate for the boss in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Summary of the plot of the film on the ARD website ( memento from July 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for chocolate for the boss . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2012 (PDF; test number: 131 138 V).
- ↑ Chocolate for the boss at crew united
- ↑ Start dates for chocolate for the boss . In: IMDb.de. Retrieved August 15, 2013 .
- ↑ See filmportal.de
- ↑ Chocolate for the boss. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 17, 2017 .
- ↑ See tvspielfilm.de