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00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter

1994 · 92 min

A rambling, deadpan curiosity: shaggy amateur detective antics drifting through oddball set pieces, more bemusing than laugh-out-loud, rewarding patience with strange charm.

Directed by
Christoph Schlingensief, Helge Schneider
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
Helge Schneider, Helmut Körschgen, Andreas Kunze
Overview
The funny clown Bratislav Metulskie is found dead in circus "Apollo". The retired commissioner 00 Schneider is asked to assume control of the case. Schneider and his aged sidekick Körschgen investigate to find the murderer.

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Directed by
Christoph Schlingensief, Helge Schneider
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
Helge Schneider, Helmut Körschgen, Andreas Kunze
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • art
  • obsession
  • crime
  • madness
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour8
Realism4
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Christoph Schlingensief, Helge Schneider
Starring
Helge Schneider, Helmut Körschgen, Andreas Kunze, Otto Van den Berg, Guenther Kordas, Hotte Reichlich, Charlie Weiss, Tim Janssen
Music
Helge Schneider
Cinematography
Christoph Schlingensief
Runtime
92 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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