Knockin' On Heaven's Door (1997)
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Two terminal patients leave their hospital beds for the open highway in this German road movie, a popular success in Germany. When cancer victim Rudi (Jan Josef Liefers) meets Martin (Til Schweiger), who has a brain tumor, they knock back tequila one night and decide to head north to experience life at the seashore, something Rudi has hoped to do his entire life. However, the car they've stolen belongs to two thieves and contains a million marks. Soon they're being pursued by both thugs and cops. The film's soundtrack includes Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". Shown at the 1997 London and AFI/Los Angeles film festivals. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Til Schweiger - Martin Brest
- Thierry van Werveke - Henk
- Huub Stapel - Frankie "Boy" Beluga
- Ralph Herforth - Keller
- Rutger Hauer - Curtiz
- Hark Bohm
- Markus Knuefken
- Tyron Ricketts
- Christiane Paul
- Corinna Harfouch
- Jan Josef Liefers - Rudi Wurlitzer
- Moritz Bleibtreu - Abdul
- Leonard Lansink - Commissioner Schneider
- Cornelia Froboess - Martin's Mother
- Wladimir Weigl
- Juergen Becker
- Florian Fitz
- Hannes Jaenicke
- Willi Thomczyk
- Bernd Eichinger
- Director(s):
- Thomas Jahn
- Writer(s):
- Til Schweiger, Thomas Jahn
- Producer(s):
- Tom Zickler, Til Schweiger, Andre Heinicke
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- 1997 - Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Ernst Lubitsch Award - Best Actor
- 1997 - Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Germany - Best German Supporting Actor
- 1997 - Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Moscow International Film Festival - Best Actor
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