Die Supernasen is a 1983 West German comedy film featuring Thomas Gottschalk and Mike Krüger. The name of the movie, "The Supernoses", refers to both having big noses while at the same time being a malapropism for "Spürnasen", a colloquialism for "investigator".
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| Directed by | Dieter Pröttel |
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| Music by | Gerhard Heinz |
| Distributed by | Astro Distribution |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The two have worked together in the four popular movies making up the so-called Supernasen-series. They were mostly college movies in a German setting - two naughty young men in Bavaria, with beautiful girls and funny complications. Their other collaborations were
Plot
editTommy and Mike, once again without a job and without money, decide to open the PI agency "Columbo" and work as private investigators. Their first case involves a rich man who wants to know if his wife is cheating, which leads them to Bad Spänzer. Here, they slip into a variety of roles, save their client's marriage, thwart the assassination attempt on a sheik and fall in love with two young women.
Reception
editThe film was a huge commercial success, selling a total of 2.7 million tickets in Germany, which made it the most successful German-language movie in 1983 and the sixth-most-successful movie in Germany that year.[1]
The film was popular in the German-speaking region and in several Eastern European countries. In Czechoslovakia it was released under the name "Dva supernosáči".[2]
Releases
editOn February 1, 2019, a remastered Blu-ray was released, featuring the original soundtrack that was not included in previous DVD releases.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Die erfolgreichsten Filme in Deutschland 1983". Insidekino.com. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
- ^ Matz, Rüdiger. "Die Supernasen". www.diesupernasen.de.
- ^ "Die Supernasen - SUBKULTUR ENTERTAINMENT". Archived from the original on 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
External links
edit- Home || diesupernasen.de - Die Supernasen-Fan-Seite - German Fansite
- Die Supernasen at IMDb
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