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Der Joker (1987)
Good movie, bad actor
I give a 6 out of 10, as the movie is not bad at all.
But I've never seen something more pathetic, boring and unnatural than the role of Jan Bogdan played by Peter Maffay. As he was (and still is) a big best selling music star director Peter Patzak wanted him as main attraction to push the movie. Maffay only accepted if he was allowed to write his role and dialogue himself. This agreement lets the movie fail despite the good story. All the other actors do their job well, camera, cut, costumes, light, sound and music fit quite well to the eighties. (Okay, the wonder of recovering from a spine injury at the end is not very conclusive but of course part of the concept. Mmh, as I think about it, it reminds a little bit of Clara in "Heidi" :-))
Das Paradies am Ende der Berge (1993)
Worst movie ever ! "Plan 9..." is real art compared to this one
Flat story, totally weird and unrealistic, even worse sound, lighting, cutting, camera, equipment and costumes, no cliché left out, and no natural dialog. A rally race car scene in the Alps with goofs in cutting (driving direction), over-speeding view like in bad 60ies movies, and completely differing color material (taken from an other movie?) is inserted, which makes completely no sense, except that the director follows the script. Two US stars shall rescue the movie, but at least with the "fall into wild-water/rescue from the killer" scenes in the end this movie fails completely. It could not have been good even if Sean C, Sly S, Chuck N, Orson W, Marlon B, Jack N, Morgan F, and all the other guys together would have acted.
There is NO reason to recommend this film but as a bad example for every film academy. So, viewers: switch - FAST! PROs: record it, watch carefully!