We do it for money
| Movie | |
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| Original title | We do it for money |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 90 minutes |
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| Director | Manfred Stelzer |
| script | Jens Urban |
| production | Marc Müller-Kaldenberg |
| music |
Beaver Gullatz Moritz Freise |
| camera | Namche Okon |
| cut | Bernd Schriever |
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We do it for money is a German comedy film by the director Manfred Stelzer from 2014 with Florian Lukas and Diana Amft in the leading roles. The script is based on the novel of the same name by Matthias Sachau .
action
Ines and Moritz from Berlin get married at the registry office. The two have known each other since their youth and lived together in a shared apartment during their studies . Their wedding is only pro forma, however, and the two have not been a couple for a long time, since Ines is now with Bernd. Günther, Ines' father, had persuaded his daughter to adopt this fictitious marriage as a tax-saving model. As CFO at a large company, Ines pays the top tax rate. The 36-year-old Moritz studied music and journalism, but is only a low-wage earner due to his job as an archivist for the music magazine The Music Magazine . Thanks to the spouse splitting , Ines saves a high five-figure amount in taxes. In return, Moritz receives half of his rent from Ines. Actually, he didn't do it for the money, but only for Ines, since he is still secretly in love with her. Moritz now lives alone in the former flat share and has an affair with the waitress Vanessa. She works in Wolfi's bar, who also played the best man for them.
A year later, Ekkehard, a new neighbor, moves in across from Moritz's apartment. When Moritz hears music that evening, the neighbor calls the police immediately. Moritz is annoyed by the seemingly narrow-minded and pedantic neighbor and confronts him. He learns about Moritz's impressive LP collection and is enthusiastic. However, when he sees Moritz's simple record player, he shows him his expensive high-end record player in his apartment and invites him to listen to music with his records. While they are talking, Ekkehard also learns about Moritz's private blog , in which he writes music articles and Ekkehard tells that he was still in a partnership until recently and had to look for an apartment here after the separation. To Moritz's shock, however, Ekkehard works at the tax office in the area of assessment and collection, starting with the letters E to H - he is the couple's clerk in charge. Ekkehard explains that he despises nothing more than social parasites who shirk their taxes: they call him "the Python from E to H" and tax evasion is not only punishable as fraud and tax evasion , but above all antisocial because that There is no money for kindergartens, schools and hospitals.
From now on, Ines should come to Moritz's apartment at least twice a week and run into Ekkehard when leaving the apartment in the morning. He always leaves the house punctually at 7.15 a.m. One morning a water pipe burst in Ekkehard's apartment. Moritz agrees to include electrical devices in his apartment and then also agrees that he can spend the night in Moritz's apartment - but with that Ines also has to stay with him.
The next day, As agreed, Ines goes to tango with her boyfriend Bernd and Moritz has to pretend to Ekkehard that the couple is dancing together. Instead Moritz visits Vanessa at Wolfi's restaurant. When Ekkehard also comes to the pub in the evening, Moritz excuses himself that he sprained his ankle and therefore Ines went dancing with Bernd, who is supposed to be Vanessa's fiancé. When Ines and Bernd later come to the pub, Vanessa kisses Bernd and Ines and Moritz continue to play their role as a couple.
Moritz learns that his company is looking for an editor for soul , jazz and blues and applies for the position. Ekkehard instructs Moritz that he shouldn't make the same mistake as he and that when making love, he should listen to the opinions of others. He should fight for his wife and he also wants to teach Moritz to dance the tango. Ekkehard later looks for Bernd in the pub and explains emphatically that Ines and Moritz belong together and that he should leave them alone, after all, he has Vanessa.
Ekkehard organizes a romantic meal in a restaurant for Moritz and Ines. Bernd visits them in the evening and makes Ines a scene in the restaurant. On the wedding day, Ekkehard and Gisela, Moritz's mother, give the two a steamboat trip on the Spree . Suddenly a man rings the doorbell and Ekkehard answers. It's Robert, the partner Ekkehard broke up with.
When Moritz hears tango music during his steamboat trip, he jumps overboard and looks for Ines at the dance school. Ines has meanwhile decided to divorce, Moritz agrees, but wants one last dance with her. Ines is impressed by his dance skills. When Ines visits Bernd that evening, she and Vanessa find him in the bathtub. In the meantime Moritz got the new position as editor.
When Ines comes to Moritz and Ekkehard's apartment, the couple admit the marriage of convenience. The next day Ekkehard has everyone come to his office at the tax office. There both admit to having "had a marriage of convenience for the purpose of tax reduction". Moritz explains to Ines, however, that he loves her, proposes marriage and wants them to continue their marriage together. Ines agrees, they kiss and since it is now a regular marriage, Ekkehard refrains from prosecution and criminal prosecution. In the end, Ekkehard reunites with his partner Robert.
background
The television film was first broadcast on June 27, 2014 on ARD and won the day with 4.53 million viewers and an audience rate of 17.5 percent. The film was produced by Zieglerfilm Baden-Baden on behalf of Degeto for ARD. The shooting took place in September and October 2013 in Berlin.
Differences from the book
- Moritz is called Lukas in the book
- The idea of spousal splitting comes from Ines and Bernd themselves in the book. Ines and Moritz / Lukas' parents do not appear in the book.
- In the book, Bernd is mostly on a business trip, so Ines and Moritz / Lukas share their old flat.
- The character of Ekkehard (in the book Ekkehart) appears much younger in the book than he is embodied in the film by Ludger Pistor. Because of the purchase of the expensive high-end record player, he falls out of favor with his parents and has to move out at home. Ekkehard lives among the protagonists, cannot cook and works in the building authority. After he wants to bake a cake for Ines and Moritz / Lukas, he sets his apartment on fire and is therefore taken in by the two of them. His father is the clerk of the two in the tax office. The reader only learns about this on the last pages of the book.
- Vanessa sleeps with Bernd in the book so that Moritz / Lukas and Ines can get together, and not because she pitys Bernd or finds him attractive.
- Moritz / Lukas is a part-time seller of men's underwear in a department store. However, the passion for music and especially jazz is a pronounced hobby.
- The neighbor Mrs. Kohlmeyer, Viktor (an old friend of Ines and Moritz / Lukas) and the cat “Tigerchen”, which Ekkehard receives from the two of them, have been omitted. The visit to Moritz / Lukas 'wellness bath with Mrs. Kohlmeyer, the cooking classes for Ekkehard, the changing locations of the dance course, Moritz / Lukas' decoration of the living room with sand on the wedding day and the omnipresent subject of high-end hi-fi and jazz, which is an important one Part of the plot is also not included in the film.
Reviews
“The joy of playing is not only demonstrated by Florian Lukas in his star role as an underestimated underdog and Diana Amft as the board member who has remained natural, but above all Ludger Pistor as a financial investigator. [..] But no matter how entertaining the entanglements, with what charm and verve they are performed - this comedy cannot really move. Because the questions of whether the couple will be found out or really get together, whether Moritz will have to pay his rent on his own and Ines will pay a few thousand euros in taxes, are luxury concerns. "
“Director Manfred Stelzer keeps the relationship carousel going, with a lot of swing. The film celebrates Frank Sinatra , and its nonchalance also radiates on the film. At the same time, the comedy changes the musical color in melancholy moments between lust and frustration. Then tango comes into play and dance fans can look forward to the feeling with which Diana Amft and Florian Lukas float across the floor. "
"" We do it for money "- that would be an honest answer from the actors when asked why they are in such a film."
“We do it for money” is a very entertaining TV comedy that moves confidently on the smooth parquet between the pleasantly old-fashioned boulevard and comedy character comedy. The anti-dream couple turns out to be a cool cast, with which this ARD Degeto production expressly rejects romantic kitsch moments. Ludger Pistor delicately varies his role as the lovable philistine who is after "social parasites". This comedy just works - even the music is good & consistent. "
“ We're doing it for money , it's no less to be expected than it sounds, and it's still a pretty film. Because the dialogues are right and the pace is right, because Diana Amft has this somewhat powerful sense of humor and Florian Lukas that smile of a boy who is getting on in years. "
Web links
- We do it for money in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website for the film ( Memento from June 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on DasErste.de
Individual evidence
- ^ An orgasm for the tax investigator in Berliner Zeitung from June 26, 2014
- ^ ARD comedy: Marriage as a tax-saving model in Der Westen from June 26, 2014
- ↑ No jokes about the "fictitious marriage" in Stern from June 27, 2014
- ↑ TV film "We do it for money" in Tittelbach.tv from June 27, 2014
- ↑ Marriage to Whom Marriage is due in Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 27, 2014