Schtonk

The film based on the Führer’s book
Director: Helmut Dietl
1992, 115 min

Oscar nomination 1993
Best Foreign Language Film


Pictures


Trailer


“It’s not the end of the world…” (Zarah Leander)

“The Führer does not burn”

Black market 1945 – the start of a career in counterfeiting

Design for Knobel’s counterfeiting workshop

Counterfeiter’s Workshop Set

Knobel’s counterfeiting workshop

Knobel and the diaries

Knobel writes poetry…

Staircase built for the Nazi Party

Location

March to the Nazi castle

Minesweeper No. 1 for the rotten “Carin II”

KM 420 class minesweeper

Willié has the wreck hoisted ashore.

Waiting for better times…

In dry dock

Carin II alias Minensuchboot No. 2

Freshly renovated on maiden voyage

Studio construction: Willié’s cabin on “Carin II”

HMC for the executive suite of the publishing house

Design for executive suite installation

Location

Finished set executive floor publishing house

Crew
Script Helmut Dietl, Ulrich Limmer
Idea Peter Märthesheimer
Direction Helmut Dietl
Camera Xaver Schwarzenberger
Set Design Benedikt Herforth, Götz Weidner
Costume Bernd Stockinger
Music Konstantin Wecker
Cut Tanja Schmidbauer
Production Bavaria Atelier GmbH
Producer Günther Rohrbach

Ulrich Mühe

Role Cast
Knobel Uwe Ochsenknecht
Hermann Willié Götz George
Resort manager Harald Juhnke
Chief editor Hermann Lause
Chief editorr Martin Benrath
Publishing director
Notary Thomas Holtzmann
Freya von Hepp Christiane Hörbiger
Martha Veronika Ferres
Biggi Dagmar Manzel