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Schwein gehabt

1988 · 82 min

A wry, gentle satire of small-town survival where a stolen pig becomes a comic battleground for postwar ideals.

Directed by
Karl-Heinz Heymann
Genres
Drama
Starring
Uwe Kockisch, Dieter Montag, Manuel Soubeyrand
Overview
In the winter of 1945/46, new teacher Hadubrant is tricked by Olly, the 14-year-old daughter of his landlady, into stealing a wild boar. It has fallen into Olly's trap, but as game is the property of the Soviet army, Hadubrant wants to put it to good use: school meals. But others in the village are also interested in the pig. The mayor wants it to fulfill his meat plan, the priest wants to swap it for coal to heat his church, the policeman wants to return it to its rightful owner, and some simply want to eat it. The pig keeps disappearing in mysterious ways. Hadubrant's commitment to his charitable cause finally earns him a delegation to the district town for "higher duties".

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Directed by
Karl-Heinz Heymann
Genres
Drama
Starring
Uwe Kockisch, Dieter Montag, Manuel Soubeyrand
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • class
  • power
  • morality
  • greed
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Karl-Heinz Heymann
Written by
Roland Kästner, Karl-Heinz Heymann
Starring
Uwe Kockisch, Dieter Montag, Manuel Soubeyrand, Christian Grashof, Margit Bendokat, Birgit Schneider, Herbert Olschok, Rolf Ludwig
Runtime
82 min
Country
Germany, East Germany
Languages
German

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