Absolute Giganten (1999)
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In the port town of Hamburg, Germany, Floyd (Frank Giering) disappoints his sanctimonious boss by announcing that he's shipping out to South Africa and Singapore now that his two-year probation for an unspecified juvenile offense has been completed. When he shares the news with his devoted friends Chubby (Antoine Monot Jr.), a mechanic, and Ricco (Florian Lukas), a fast-food cook and would-be b-boy, they can't comprehend their thoughtful friend's willingness to trade camaraderie for a wider view of the world. Overcoming their anger and bewilderment, the guys decide to spend one last night with Floyd, but the problem, as always, is how to find some fun. A succession of fast-food restaurants, parking garages, and local watering holes chronicles the inherent boredom of life in the provinces. But a run-in with a convention of dragster-racing Elvis impersonators sends the boys and their friend Telsa Julia Hummer on a series of adventures that veers from the farcical to the almost-tragic. Absolute Giganten was screened at the 1999 Flanders Film Festival and thereafter received limited international distribution. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Frank Giering - Floyd
- Florian Lukas - Ricco
- Antoine Monot, Jr. - Walter
- Julia Hummer - Telsa
- Jochen Nickel - Snake
- Albert Kitzl - Elvis
- Peter Franke - Meister
- Sven Pippig - Pornomann
- Andreas Schroders - Burger Manager
- Anna von Krosigk - Riccos Schwester Manuela
- Joel Mouton - Riccos Bruder
- Richard Beek - Tankwart
- Sabrina Brumm - Girlie
- Andrea Paula Paul - Tresenfrau Disco
- Mirko Hufari - Elvisse
- Speedy J - Elvisse
- Michael Sander - Fussballspieler
- Sascha Imbusch - Fussballspieler
- Adebesi Bola - Fussballspieler
- Marcnesium - Rastaman
- Guido A. Schick - Dulle
- Silvana Bosi - Walters Oma
- Barbara De Koy - Irmgard
- Gustav Peter Wohler - Horst
- Michael Sideris - Dieter
- Hannes Hellmann - Klaus
- Alfons Lutje - Bewährungshelfer
- Joshy Peters - Alfa-Fahrer
- Ina Holst - Riccos Mutti
- Jessica Persson - Riccos Schwester Chantal
- Jannik Mouton - Riccos Bruder
- Martin Pawlowski - Arzt
- Johannes Silberschneider - Hans
- Christian Ostertag - Elvisse
- Adi Stein - Elvisse
- Big Bobby Faust - Elvisse
- Emil Senioch - Fussballspieler
- Theodor Lewin - Fussballspieler
- Jona Sadhana Stumpfnagel - Fussballspieler
- Director(s):
- Sebastian Schipper
- Writer(s):
- Sebastian Schipper
- Producer(s):
- Tom Tykwer, Stefan Arndt
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