Die Supernasen
1983 German comedy film
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Die Supernasen is a 1983 West German comedy film featuring Thomas Gottschalk and Mike Krüger. The name of the movie, "The Supernoses", refers to both having big noses while at the same time being a malapropism for "Spürnasen", a colloquialism for "investigator".
- Karl Spiehs
- Executive producer
- Otto Retzer
- Erich Tomek
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| Directed by | Dieter Pröttel |
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| Music by | Gerhard Heinz |
| Distributed by | Astro Distribution |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The two have worked together in the four popular movies making up the so-called Supernasen-series. They were mostly college movies in a German setting - two naughty young men in Bavaria, with beautiful girls and funny complications. Their other collaborations were
- Piratensender Powerplay
- Zwei Nasen tanken Super
- Die Einsteiger
Plot
Tommy and Mike, once again without a job and without money, decide to open the PI agency "Columbo" and work as private investigators. Their first case involves a rich man who wants to know if his wife is cheating, which leads them to Bad Spänzer. Here, they slip into a variety of roles, save their client's marriage, thwart the assassination attempt on a sheik and fall in love with two young women.
Reception
The film was a huge commercial success, selling a total of 2.7 million tickets in Germany, which made it the most successful German-language movie in 1983 and the sixth-most-successful movie in Germany that year.[1]
The film was popular in the German-speaking region and in several Eastern European countries. In Czechoslovakia it was released under the name "Dva supernosáči".[2]
Releases
On February 1, 2019, a remastered Blu-ray was released, featuring the original soundtrack that was not included in previous DVD releases.[3]
