

One of the first funny german look at its past.
Schtonk! is a farce of the actual events of 1983, when Germany's Stern magazine published, with great fanfare, 60 volumes of the alleged diaries of Adolf Hitler – which two weeks later turned out to be entirely fake. Fritz Knobel (based on real-life forger Konrad Kujau) supports himself by faking and selling Nazi memorabilia. When Knobel writes and sells a volume of Hitler's (nonexistent) diaries, he thinks it's just another job. When sleazy journalist Hermann Willié learns of the diaries, however, he quickly realizes their potential value... and Knobel is quickly in over his head. As the pressure builds and Knobel is forced to deliver more and more volumes of the fake diaries, he finds himself acting increasingly like the man whose life he is rewriting. The film is a romping and hilarious satire, poking fun not only at the events and characters involved in the hoax (who are only thinly disguised in the film), but at the discomfort Germany has with its difficult past.
Karl Lentz
The film's tagline is: "One of the first funny german look at its past."
The runtime is 115 minutes (1h 55m).
The film was directed by Helmut Dietl.
The screenplay was written by Helmut Dietl and Ulrich Limmer.
The score was composed by Konstantin Wecker.
Cinematography was handled by Xaver Schwarzenberger.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0105328.

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Schtonk!
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6
Deutsch
Germany

