Two terminally ill patients escape from a hospital, steal a car and rush towards the sea.Two terminally ill patients escape from a hospital, steal a car and rush towards the sea.Two terminally ill patients escape from a hospital, steal a car and rush towards the sea.
- Awards
- 8 wins & 3 nominations
Willi Thomczyk
- Autoverkäufer
- (as Willy Thomczyk)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWas the most successful German movie of 1997 with 3,585,422 tickets sold.
- GoofsWhat is called "Helsinki syndrome" in the movie actually is called Stockholm syndrome. The same mistake is also present in Die Hard (1988).
- Quotes
Martin Brest: In heaven, they're talking about nothing but the sea and how wonderful it is. They talk about the sunsets they saw, they talk about how the sun turned blood red before diving into the sea and they talk about how they could feel how the sun lost its power and the coolness from the sea and all that fire was only glowing inside.
- Crazy creditsThere is a short film sequence after the credits. It shows Bernd Eichinger being searched by a policeman. He carries some of the money that was sent to different people by mail in the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Inthierryview (2008)
- SoundtracksI Will Survive
By Freddie Perren (as Frederick Perren) / Dino Fekaris
Performed by U-Stay with Melina
Produced by Franz Plasa and Mahony Prod
Featured review
Perfect
I really love this movie. This is sad, funny and surprising in one. The only good German movie after that was the live of the others (2008) and now there are just bad RomComs or TV-Dramas... This is very sad because Til Schweiger shows in this movie that he is able to performe a good character. Jan Josef Liefers is a actor who can be awesome if he want. In this movie he show it, in the movies after this not any more... One of the best things in this movie is that it never become ridiculous and don't get to sadly. At least I want say that the age of the good German movies is definitely over, and I find that really sadly because with that movies the Germans had shown that they have the chance to do good Movies. So all in all is this in my opinion the best movie since the tin drum.
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Box office
- Budget
- DEM 4,300,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,710
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,731
- Aug 22, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $214,139
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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