Lammbock
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Directed by | Christian Zübert |
Written by | Christian Zübert |
Produced by | Sönke Wortmann |
Starring | Moritz Bleibtreu Lucas Gregorowicz Marie Zielcke Elmar Wepper Alexandra Neldel |
Cinematography | Sonja Rome |
Edited by | Andrea Mertens |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Lammbock is a 2001
Plot
Kai and Stefan are two friends who own a gourmet pizza delivery business as a front for selling cannabis. Stefan is finishing law school and preparing to take the
After much debate, the duo decide to bring Achim to the plantation so that he can help with the aphid problem, using an adulterant on the plants called "Brain cell massacre," which, according to Achim, is used in
After narrowly avoiding an unrelated police search, the duo confront Stefan's father and confess their situation. Though Stefan's father becomes upset, he calls the chief of police, whom he befriended when he was a public prosecutor. With the help of the chief of police, the duo get off the hook, and Stefan takes his bar exam only to walk out at the last minute to pursue his lifelong dream of owning a cafe on a beach.
Cast
- Lucas Gregorowicz as Stefan Becker
- Moritz Bleibtreu as Kai
- Marie Zielcke as Laura Becker
- Julian Weigend as Achim
- Elmar Wepper as Vater Becker
- Alexandra Schalaudek as Gina
- Christof Wackernagel as Ausbilder Walter
- Antoine Monot, Jr.as Schöngeist
- Wotan Wilke Möhring as Frank
- Nils Brunkhorst as Dopex
- Alexandra Neldel as Jenny
- Christoph Künzler as Jäger
- Peter Fieseler as Tim
- Thomas Schende as Dr. Kollmann
- Anya Hoffmann as Elena Kollmann
Trivia
- The director was heavily influenced by Quentin Tarantino and Kevin Smith. The characters Frank and Schöngeist bear a striking resemblance to Smith's duo Jay and Silent Bob.[1]
- German soccer player Mehmet Scholl is repeatedly referenced in the movie's dialogue, posters in the movie and as a player in a soccer video game that the two protagonists play.
- In the beginning of the film Stefan drives on the Old Main Bridge (the bridge crossing the river Main) in Würzburg, even though it is only accessible to pedestrians.
- The original film location of the pizzeria is in Technical University of Cologne.
Sequel
After asking followers of his Facebook page whether they want to see a sequel of the 2001 film and receiving great approval, Bleibtreu announced the film Lommbock in November 2015, scheduled for release on March 23, 2017.[2][3] Filming began in August 2016,[4] and Lommbock premiered in Germany 23 March 2017 [5]
References
- ^ Keough, Peter (2004-02-05). "Movies | " Starring Moritz Bleibtreu "". Bostonphoenix.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ "Moritz Bleibtreu - Facebook". Facebook (in German). November 19, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ ""Lommbock": Kult-Kiffer-Komödie "Lammbock" mit Moritz Bleibtreu bekommt Fortsetzung" (in German). November 19, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "Hätten Sie den bartlosen Mann links erkannt?" (in German). bz-berlin.de. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ Schoder, Gabriele (March 21, 2017). "16 Jahre nach der Kifferkomödie "Lammbock" folgt "Lommbock"" [16 years after the pothead comedy"Lammbock" comes "Lommbock"]. Badische Zeitung (in German). Freiburg i. Br. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
External links
- Lammbock at IMDb
- Lammbock at Rotten Tomatoes