
Self-ironic, funny, entertaining... How actor Til Schweiger, with KEINOHRHASEN, is making Germans laugh... The Good German -- Ulrich Tukur as «John Rabe» He has been compared to Oskar Schindler. John Rabe was a German business man working in China in 1937 when the Japanese invaded. As imperial troops began slaughtering the civilians of Nanking, Rabe took a stand, rescuing a quarter of million people. German director Florian Gallenberger has taken John Rabe's story as the subject of his second feature film, shooting on original locations in Nanking and Shanghai. Ulrich Tukur, known to international audiences for his supporting role in Oscar-winner THE LIVES OF OTHERS, stars as Rabe. KINO reports from the set.Big Screen Entertainment -- The Secret of Til Schweiger's Success After failing to make it big in the USA, Germany's favorite film star has come back home and gone back to basics. By focusing on his strengths in romantic comedy, Til Schweiger delivered the local box office hit, BAREFOOT. Now his latest film, with the bizarre title KEINOHRHASEN hits the screen. As with BAREFOOT, Schweiger wrote, directed and stars in the film. And he has again surrounded himself with some of the best German acting talent around: Nora Tschirner, Matthias Schweighöfer, Jürgen Vogel, Barbara Rudnik and, in a special walk-on role, boxing world champion Vladimir Klitschko. KEINOHRHASEN is already a hit, with more than 2 million tickets sold. KINO looks at the Schweiger phenomenon -- what is <b>...</b>
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