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Oktoberfest - the movie

At cinemas from Thursday 1.Sep.2005

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Editor Bob

30.Aug.2005 09:36 hrs

The movie "Oktoberfest" is on general release at cinemas from today (Thursday 1.Sep.2005). The film is a "comic tragedy". It tells seven stories, each of them separate from one another but occuring simultaneously. The setting is the last day of the festival. The theme is about love, destiny, and how people are drawn together at the festival only to be pushed apart again. The movie was filmed at last year's Fest.

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This is a German language film. It is currently showing at the Mathäser (Karlsplatz) and Marmorhaus (Leopoldstrasse) cinemas. Apparently there's an English subtitled version available but it's not known where, if anywhere, will be showing it. Cinema München doesn't have it listed.

Bearlymuc

31.Aug.2005 12:36 hrs

just heard that there's a film about the wies'n being released next week (i think)
anyone know more about this?

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Keydeck

31.Aug.2005 12:37 hrs

It's called Oktoberfest.

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See here for some details.

Bearlymuc

31.Aug.2005 12:38 hrs

documentry or ?
oops...thanks keydeck!

Keydeck

31.Aug.2005 12:40 hrs

It appears to be seven different stories woven into one. Sort of a "Love Actually" at the Wiesn.

Yeti

31.Aug.2005 12:42 hrs

I thought this about that naughty Duran Duran song.

MoiLV

31.Aug.2005 12:43 hrs

Die Bilder und die Musik sind sehr intensiv

Ha. Yes, the German renditions of Country Road and Hey Baby are very complicated and musically fulfilling.

Sounds boring

Keydeck

31.Aug.2005 12:46 hrs

Sounds good to me.

It was filmed during last years Oktoberfest.

Info in English

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Nicole33

31.Aug.2005 14:18 hrs

"Like the gondolas of the ferris wheel, the individual stories spin around an axis, are held together and put in motion by it. Sometimes they reach the same height, sometimes just a glance of one another, but they are always in motion. The stories all occur simultaneously, and are dramatically linked and interwoven. The shared surface of these stories is the Oktoberfest. There the various episodes find their beginnings, and sometimes their end.
The Oktoberfest is over ... What is left?"

Paddie

31.Aug.2005 15:16 hrs

I've read some very favourable reviews of this movie, and the cast is excellent. Definitely worth a lot, I think.

JumpmanPro

01.Sep.2005 09:08 hrs

I saw the sneak preview on Tuesday at City Kino on Sonnenstrasse. It's in German, with short scenes in Italian, Japanese, French (with subtitles), English (interestingly enough without subtitles) and Bairisch (without subtitles). Even if your German isn't great, you can still follow what's going on and get the jist of the dialogue. Throughout the entire movie, I was also trying to spot anybody I recognized, but didn't. All good, I still recommend seeing it.

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bubblylady

01.Sep.2005 09:27 hrs

Well, imagine if there had been TT T-shirts around. Then, I'm sure you would have seen at least one

MonksTown

02.Sep.2005 14:42 hrs

Just heard a review on the radio, I'm not a huge cinema fan but sounds interesting.

sarabyrd

05.Jun.2007 06:52 hrs

The movie will be shown on Arte, the Franco-German cultur channel, this Wednesday, 6 June, at 11.25pm, and again on 11 and 19 June at 2.55pm.

AuburnTiger

04.Jul.2007 19:14 hrs

Is this movie out on DVD or VHS? I'd like to see it, but obviously can't get it on television.

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