Lammbock (2001)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Christian Zübert

Writer:

Christian Zübert (writer)

Release Date:

23 August 2001 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Der Film mit Breitenwirkung!

Plot:

Stefan and Kai have good going business, self-grown cannabis screened as pizza delivering service. For now they only have to deal with plant-louses. |

Plot Keywords:

Plant Louse | Cannabis | Pizza Service | Party | Drugs

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Lukas Gregorowicz	...	Stefan (as Lucas Gregorowicz)
Moritz Bleibtreu	...	Kai
Marie Zielcke	...	Laura
Julian Weigend	...	Achim
Elmar Wepper	...	Vater Becker
Alexandra Schalaudek	...	Gina
Christof Wackernagel	...	Ausbilder
Antoine Monot Jr.	...	Schöngeist
Wotan Wilke Möhring	...	Frank
Nils Brunkhorst	...	Dopex
Alexandra Neldel	...	Jenny
Christoph Künzler	...	Jäger
Peter Fieseler	...	Tim
Thomas Schendel	...	Dr. Kollmann
Anya Hoffmann	...	Elena Kollmann

Also Known As:

Lammbock - Alles in Handarbeit (Germany) (promotional title)
Lammbock - Shit happens (Germany) (working title)

Runtime:

Germany:93 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Germany:16 (nf)

Filming Locations:

Bergisches Land, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

Arte

Movie Connections:

References True Romance (1993)

Soundtrack:

Say You Will

A great movie!

I think that Lammbock is one of the best movies ever about dope. If you don't like dope you will likely think that the dialogues are boring and the film is lame - if you have ever liked cannabis, you will laugh loudly about the funny dialogues and the great humor. No, I am not saying that you would have to be stoned to see this movie, this movie is just one of the very few realistic drug-movies. Well, the story isn't realistic, but the atmosphere is. I think that is it, what makes this movie so great, it has managed to catch the atmosphere like it would be in a real smoke-inn. In most cannabis-related movies (i.e. saving grace, cheech&chong, half-baked) , the effects of this drug are pretty unrealistic, the users are described as stupid, brain-amputated, mumbo-jumbo-bubbling monkeys and many of those have this "drugs are bad"-morality. Not so in Lammbock. The users are normal people, some are crashed, most aren't, and they behave pretty much like real, pot smoking people (well not WHAT they do, but HOW they do it). The acting is just great! Lammbock is free of morality and thats good - I want to watch comedy to be entertained, not to be educated. Well, there are some scenes I didn't like either (i.e. how they treated the forest-worker), but that's not the humor of the whole movie and it doesn't spoil the film! This movie gave me back my faith in German comedy!