The Prank

2025•1h 31m•

★7.0(2 ratings)

FamilyComedyAdventure

Overview

When 12-year-old Chinese exchange student Xi Zhou's April Fools' prank goes disastrously wrong, it drags his host family, their son Lucas, and his crush Charlotte (Charly) into a tumultuous adventure full of gangsters, cash and chaos. With the mafia, a crew of rapper-thugs, and a bumbling police duo in pursuit, Lucas and Xi must team up to fix the mess they’ve created. Their only hope? Pulling off one final, genius prank.

Director

Benjamin Heisenberg

Writers

Benjamin Heisenberg, Peer Klehmet

Watchlist

Main Cast

Noèl Gabriel Kipp

Lucas

Max Zheng

Xi Zhou

Cedric Eich

Schaaf

Maïmouna Mbacke

Charly Neumann

Jana McKinnon

Caro Roosen

The Prank

2025•1h 31m•

★7.0(2 ratings)

FamilyComedyAdventure

Overview

Director

Benjamin Heisenberg

Writers

Benjamin Heisenberg, Peer Klehmet

Watchlist

Main Cast

Noèl Gabriel Kipp

Lucas

Max Zheng

Xi Zhou

Cedric Eich

Schaaf

Maïmouna Mbacke

Charly Neumann

Jana McKinnon

Caro Roosen

Full Crew

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Timon Schäppi

Editing

Editor: Roman Stocker

Art Direction

Set Designer: Renate Schmaderer

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Stephanie Rieß

Did You Know?

The original title is "Der Prank - April, April!" (DE).

The runtime is 91 minutes (1h 31m).

It was a co-production between: Switzerland, Germany.

The film was directed by Benjamin Heisenberg.

The screenplay was written by Benjamin Heisenberg and Peer Klehmet.

Cinematography was handled by Timon Schäppi.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt33041522.

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Rating

7.0/10

Good

2 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Der Prank - April, April!

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

Language:

Deutsch

Country of Origin:

Switzerland, Germany

Production Companies:

tellfilm

Kundschafter Filmproduktion

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The Prank

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Noèl Gabriel Kipp

Max Zheng

Cedric Eich

Maïmouna Mbacke

Jana McKinnon

The Prank

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Noèl Gabriel Kipp

Max Zheng

Cedric Eich

Maïmouna Mbacke

Jana McKinnon

Yasin el Harrouk

Laura Tonke

Mehdi Nebbou

Lukas Miko

Philippe Graber

Tilla Kratochwil

Branko Tomović

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