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Mein Schulfreund

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  • 1h 34m
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7.2/10
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Mein Schulfreund (1960)
DramaComedy
Theatrical adaptation: In the 3rd Reich a mailman writes Goering,an old school chum, to end the war. To avoid a death sentence, Goering has the man declared insane.Which causes complications... Read allTheatrical adaptation: In the 3rd Reich a mailman writes Goering,an old school chum, to end the war. To avoid a death sentence, Goering has the man declared insane.Which causes complications years later.Theatrical adaptation: In the 3rd Reich a mailman writes Goering,an old school chum, to end the war. To avoid a death sentence, Goering has the man declared insane.Which causes complications years later.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
205
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    • Robert Siodmak
    • Johannes Mario Simmel(play "Der Schulfreund")
    • Robert A. Stemmle
  • Stars
    • Heinz Rühmann
    • Loni von Friedl
    • Ernst Schröder
    • Robert Siodmak
    • Johannes Mario Simmel(play "Der Schulfreund")
    • Robert A. Stemmle
  • Stars
    • Heinz Rühmann
    • Loni von Friedl
    • Ernst Schröder
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    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Heinz Rühmann
    Heinz Rühmann
    • Ludwig Fuchs
    Loni von Friedl
    Loni von Friedl
    • Rosi
    • (as Loni von Friedel)
    Ernst Schröder
    • Hauptmann Kühn
    Hertha Feiler
    Hertha Feiler
    • Frau Kühn
    Alexander Kerst
    Alexander Kerst
    • Hauptmann Sander
    Robert Graf
    • Dr. Lerch
    Mario Adorf
    Mario Adorf
    • Niedermoser
    Hans Leibelt
    Hans Leibelt
    • Professor Strohbach
    Alexander Golling
    Alexander Golling
    • Krögelmeier
    Carsta Löck
    Carsta Löck
    • Frau Wenzel
    Werner Hessenland
    • Postrat
    Margaret Jahnen
    Margaret Jahnen
    • Schwester Camilla
    Heinz Kargus
    • Wärter
    Wolfgang Reichmann
    Wolfgang Reichmann
    • Dr. Dorn
    Hans Epskamp
    • Postvorstand
    Dieter Cartini
    • Hans Sonntag
    • (uncredited)
    Reinhard Glemnitz
    Reinhard Glemnitz
    • Geldbriefträger
    • (uncredited)
    Heini Göbel
    • Richter
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      • Robert Siodmak
      • Johannes Mario Simmel(play "Der Schulfreund")
      • Robert A. Stemmle
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    6/10
    MY SCHOOL FRIEND (Robert Siodmak, 1960) **1/2
    I had never heard of this latter-day Siodmak effort prior to its showing up one afternoon on Italian TV. As it turned out, this was quite an interesting and unusual film – being a critique of the Nazi regime from the viewpoint of the Germans themselves. Even more surprising is the fact that the subject matter is treated here as black comedy – dealing with an ageing postal worker (a wonderful Heinz Ruhmann) who, fed up with the war, decides to write to his old school chum Hermann Goering; however, his letter is intercepted by the latter’s underlings and Ruhmann soon finds himself a political prisoner! Eventually, Goering (never actually seen) gets wind of his friend’s situation and orders a medical examination where he’s to be declared insane and thus not qualified for the death sentence – the trouble is that, with the war over, he can’t get his old job back because of this “condition”!!

    So begins his 15-year odyssey to contact the people who could attest to his normal mental health – however, they’re either dead, behind bars or unwilling (a Nazi doctor, involved in the sterilization of patients and who was against the diagnosis, suffered the consequences for defying Goering’s instructions). Among the funny/absurdist bits are the fight between Goering’s lackeys for possession of the treasonous letter, Mario Adorf’s appearance as a fellow prisoner of Ruhmann’s (he killed a relative for snoring and, being a law student, is actually cross that it’s his cellmate who’s passed off as crazy rather than himself) and the party after the war during which a masked Ruhmann attempts to elicit a response from an ex-Nazi officer determined to keep a low profile.
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    • Bunuel1976
    • Sep 18, 2007

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      • July 22, 1960 (West Germany)
      • West Germany
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Bavaria Studios, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Bavaria Film
      • Divina-Film
      • Utz Utermann Filmproduktion
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    • 1 hour 34 minutes
      • Black and White
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