"Der Schuh des Manitu" is a German movie from almost 15 years ago and it is not just that, it is actually one of the most successful films in the entire history of German cinema. Audience numbers were incredibly huge back then and propelled Michael Herbig into the leading list of German filmmakers and actors. Everybody wanted to see it and the movie also won tons of awards at basically every German awards show back in the very early 21st century. Before that film, he already had a successful comedy series on German television, but this was something else. He is still very known here today although he hasn't had a great hit in years, not really under his name Herbig, but under his pseudonym Bully.
This film here is the rare combination of western movie and comedy. well.. it's really almost exclusively a comedy. One of this film's strengths is that it never tries to be dramatically relevant, but even the shooting sequences all have a humorous touch to it. Apart from that, there is also quite a bit of singing and music involved. here Herbig cast his longtime colleagues Kavanian and Tramitz in supporting roles and also got Marie Bäumer and Sky DuMont ("Eyes Wide Shut") and a couple more known actors (at least in Germany) for his cast. The humour is incredibly childish and over-the-top from start to finish. This will certainly not appeal to everybody, but I found it funny most of the time. There are jokes on culture and sexuality too, but not really offensive ones. It's all in good spirit. DuMont plays the villain here and he does a fine job. He manages exactly the right approach to his character. He is partly scary, but not too much, but also pretty funny actually. Of course, the script helped him a lot with that.
This movie runs for considerably shorter than 90 minutes and it is basically a collection of constant gags put into one movie. The sceneries and costumes are fine. The acting isn't great from anybody involved, but that is also not necessary. The comedy makes up for it. I would not call this film significant in any definition of the word, but it's a solid joyride. It certainly helped that pretty much all the characters except Herbig's looked like they could also play major roles in "real" western films, especially that old Indian chief. Recommended.
This film here is the rare combination of western movie and comedy. well.. it's really almost exclusively a comedy. One of this film's strengths is that it never tries to be dramatically relevant, but even the shooting sequences all have a humorous touch to it. Apart from that, there is also quite a bit of singing and music involved. here Herbig cast his longtime colleagues Kavanian and Tramitz in supporting roles and also got Marie Bäumer and Sky DuMont ("Eyes Wide Shut") and a couple more known actors (at least in Germany) for his cast. The humour is incredibly childish and over-the-top from start to finish. This will certainly not appeal to everybody, but I found it funny most of the time. There are jokes on culture and sexuality too, but not really offensive ones. It's all in good spirit. DuMont plays the villain here and he does a fine job. He manages exactly the right approach to his character. He is partly scary, but not too much, but also pretty funny actually. Of course, the script helped him a lot with that.
This movie runs for considerably shorter than 90 minutes and it is basically a collection of constant gags put into one movie. The sceneries and costumes are fine. The acting isn't great from anybody involved, but that is also not necessary. The comedy makes up for it. I would not call this film significant in any definition of the word, but it's a solid joyride. It certainly helped that pretty much all the characters except Herbig's looked like they could also play major roles in "real" western films, especially that old Indian chief. Recommended.