Knocking On Heavens Door Ganzer Film

1997 German language crime comedy moving picture

Knockin' on Sky's Door
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Thomas Jahn Til Schweiger (uncredited)
Written by	Thomas Jahn Til Schweiger
Produced by	Til Schweiger Thomas Zickler André Hennicke
Starring	Til Schweiger January Josef Liefers Moritz Bleibtreu Thierry Van Werveke Huub Stapel Rutger Hauer Hannes Jaenicke Ralph Herforth
Cinematography	Gero Steffen
Edited by	Alexander Berner
Music by	Franz Plasa
Product company	Mr. Brown Entertainment
Distributed by	Buena Vista International
Release date	20 February 1997 (1997-02-20)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Federal republic of germany
Language	German language
Budget	3,500,000 DM
Box part	$23.8 million^[i]

Knockin' on Heaven's Door is a 1997 German crime tragicomedy film^[ii] by Thomas Jahn, starring Til Schweiger, Moritz Bleibtreu, Jan Josef Liefers and Rutger Hauer. Its proper name derives from the Bob Dylan vocal which is also on the pic'due south soundtrack. It was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival where Til Schweiger won the Silver St. George for All-time Role player.^[3]

The film has received widespread popularity in Russia and other mail-Soviet states and has attained a cult condition there.^[4] ^[five] ^[6]

Plot [edit]

2 patients (Martin Brest and Rudi Wurlitzer) meet in a hospital, just later learning that both have untreatable diseases with short life expectancies. They start talking about their death that is to come up very soon. When they observe a bottle of tequila, Martin finds out that Rudi has never seen the sea. Martin tells Rudi that all they talk about in Heaven is how beautiful the ocean is.

Drunk and still in their pajamas, they steal a baby blue Mercedes-Benz W113 classic roadster and become for their last mission - to encounter the sea. The car belongs to a crime boss. They rob several small shops, just to find that in that location is a million deutsche marks in cash in the trunk of their motorcar.

Equally they progress closer to their goal, police force along with gangsters start the hot pursuit. Eventually, the two friends find themselves trapped in the middle of a countryside road by police units on one side and gangsters on the other, pointing their guns at each other. The stand up-off finally erupts into a large shoot-out while the two brand a desperate escape through the corn field. After that, Martin buys a pink Cadillac of the same model as the one which Elvis Presley presented to his mother. His wish is to give the same present to his own mother. Equally he fulfills the wish, they get ambushed past police about Martin's mother's house. Martin pretends to have a seizure and falls on the ground. He is taken to the hospital in an ambulance with Rudi sitting past his side. En route, Martin and Rudi hijack the vehicle to continue their quest. On the way to the ocean they stop by a brothel, where Rudi wants to fulfil his wish to have sex with 2 women at the same time. By coincidence, the brothel is owned by the boss whose money they had constitute in the car they have stolen at the starting time of the journeying. They are seen by the two gangsters who were after them throughout their journey. The gangsters accept Rudi and Martin to their boss who asks them for money they should render. Martin says that the coin was spent and sent to various people which drives the criminal boss insane. Enraged, the boss points a gun at them ready to shoot, only Curtiz, the about influential criminal to whom the money was meant to exist delivered, comes in. After a brusque talk he says "Then you better run, before you lot run out of time". The capo goes on talking about that in heaven everybody would be talking near the ocean. Curtiz spares their lives and lets them go.

The motion picture ends every bit Martin and Rudi get in at the ocean'south shore. They walk to the sandy embankment and Martin falls dead on the ground. Rudi imperturbably sits down beside his friend, facing the bounding main and watching the surf.

Cast [edit]

Til Schweiger every bit Martin Brest
January Josef Liefers as Rudi Wurlitzer
Thierry Van Werveke as Henk, The Belgian
Moritz Bleibtreu every bit Abdul, The Turk
Huub Stapel as Frankie "Boy" Beluga
Leonard Lansink as Kommissar Schneider
Ralph Herforth every bit Assistant Keller
Cornelia Froboess as Frau Brest, Martin'southward Mother
Rutger Hauer as Curtiz
Christiane Paul equally Shop Assistant In A Boutique
Xenia Seeberg equally Policewoman

Reception [edit]

It was the 5th highest-grossing picture show of the twelvemonth in Germany (and the highest-grossing German picture) with a gross of $21,288,865.^[7] Worldwide, it grossed $23.8 million.^[1]

Remake [edit]

A Japanese remake was announced to be released in Feb 2009 under the championship Heaven's Door ^[eight] (directed past Michael Arias and with music by Plaid). In contrast to the original, protagonists in the remake are 28-yr-old boyfriend and a 14-twelvemonth-erstwhile girl.

Encounter likewise [edit]

Hawks, a 1988 moving picture with a similar plot
The Saucepan List, a 2007 moving-picture show with a like plot

References [edit]

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^ "EDI Box Office News: Top German Hits For 1997". Diversity. Jan 12, 1998. p. 22.
^ "Japanese remake website". Archived from the original on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2008-11-01 .