Movie · 115 min · cmy, crm, hst, eur
Schtonk! is a farce of the actual events of 1983, when Germany's Stern magazine published, with great fanfare, 60 volumes of the alleged diaries of Adolf Hitler – which two weeks later turned out to be entirely fake. Fritz Knobel (based on real-life forger Konrad Kujau) supports himself by faking and selling Nazi memorabilia. When Knobel writes and sells a volume of Hitler's (nonexistent) diaries, he thinks it's just another job. When sleazy journalist Hermann Willié learns of the diaries, however, he quickly realizes their potential value... and Knobel is quickly in over his head. As the pressure builds and Knobel is forced to deliver more and more volumes of the fake diaries, he finds himself acting increasingly like the man whose life he is rewriting. The film is a romping and hilarious satire, poking fun not only at the events and characters involved in the hoax (who are only thinly disguised in the film), but at the discomfort Germany has with its difficult past.
Where to watch Schtonk
Available on 5 platforms across 1 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 1 countries, best placed at #353 in Austria.
- Austria #353
Available languages
Audio: German
Chart history
Schtonk has spent 0 days in a top 3, 0 days in a top 10 and 2 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #45.
Cast
Götz George, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Christiane Hörbiger, Harald Juhnke, Ulrich Mühe, Rolf Hoppe, Dagmar Manzel, Veronica Ferres, Hermann Lause, Martin Benrath, Georg Marischka, Karl Schönböck, Rosemarie Fendel, Wolfgang Menge, Hark Bohm, Willy Harlander, Thomas Holtzmann, Hans-Joachim Hegewald
Crew
Helmut Dietl (director,producer,screenplay), Ulrich Limmer (screenplay), Günter Rohrbach (producer)
Awards
0 wins from 2 nominations.
- International Submission to the Academy Awards 1993 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best International Feature Film 1993 — nominated