KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
(GERMANY, 1997, 86 min.)

SATURDAY 10/25 THURSDAY 10/30	3:30 PM 1:15 PM
LAEMMLE'S MONICA

Martin has a brain tumor and Rudi is suffering from bone cancer. Their diagnoses: nearly dead. But Rudi has never seen the ocean, so the two steal a baby blue Mercedes and escape from the hospital. With two goofy gangsters, the cops and death on their tail, the two manage to live more intensely, more wildly, more passionately than ever before. In his inspired directing debut, former cab driver Jahn combines black humor, suspense and a minimum of pathos in an energetic, assured buddy film which even manages to sneak in Rutger Hauer in a cameo role. DIR Thomas Jahn PROD Til Schweiger, Thomas Zickler, Andre Hennicke SCR Thomas Jahn, Til Schweiger DP Gero Steffen PROD DES Monika Bauert ED Alex Berner CAST Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers, Thierry van Werveke, Moritz Bleibtreu, Rutger Hauer

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