7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald
| 7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood | |
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| Directed by | Sven Unterwaldt Jr. |
| Produced by | Bernd Eilert, Andreas Grosch, Andreas Schmid, Otto Waalkes, Douglas Welbat |
| Written by | Bernd Eilert, Sven Unterwaldt Jr., Otto Waalkes (novel) |
| Based on | Snow White by Brothers Grimm |
| Starring | Otto Waalkes Heinz Hoenig Mirco Nontschew Boris Aljinovic |
| Music by | Joja Wendt |
| Cinematography | Jo Heim |
| Edited by | Julia von Frihling |
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91 minutes (PAL-DVD version) |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood (German: 7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald), is a German comedy film, created in 2004 by Otto Waalkes, which follows the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves by the Brothers Grimm.
The film, created by the NRW Film Fund (Filmstiftung NRW), was the second most popular film in German cinemas in 2004, reaching an audience of almost 7 million. It also counts as the 4th most successful German film ever in Germany since the audience payment cap.
The land of the queen is divided in two parts. At one side, there is a residential area which is overwhelmed by the mighty castle. On the other side is a dark forest named Unterwaldt. Both parts are only connected with a little bridge over the river. One day Little Red Riding Hood is picking flowers at the border of the residential area. She sees a beautiful flower across the bridge and decides to enter Unterwaldt. The forest takes Little Red Riding Hood in its power and the girl forgets time. She decides to swim in the river, but suddenly a shark-fin appears. However, it is the hat of dwarf Bubi who spies on the woman. Bubi is attacked by a bear. A scared Little Red Riding Hood runs further into the forest. The bear takes Bubi to the cottage of the dwarves. It is revealed the bear is the disguised dwarf Tschakko. As Bubi looked at a woman, which is forbidden by the dwarves, he is punished. Squirrels tickle his feet until Bubi can't stop laughing.
The dwarves consider women to be calamitous troublemakers and have a meeting about Bubi's incident. It turns out Bubi's parents were bank robbers who escaped by air balloon. As the balloon had a hole, his mother had to throw over some weight. She decided to throw out Bubi and to keep the money. Brummboss tries to tell his story once again, but never gets further than: "I was a happy and satisfied man until that night which changed my life". The meeting is interrupted by "giant" Ralphie. He wants to become a member of "the seven dwarves", but this is impossible as "there are already seven dwarves". The dwarves sent Ralphie away and decide to blow up the bridge so women won't be able to enter the forest in future. As they have a bad experience with dynamite they only place a sign which forbids women to pass.
Meantime, the queen asks her jester to tell a joke. As the queen has blond hair, the jester only tells jokes about "dumb black haired". She frequently asks her magic mirror: "who is the most beautiful in the land?". One day, the ghost in the mirror tells the queen is beautiful, but Snow White the more. The queen calls the hunter and his bloodhound Brutus (a West Highland White Terrier). She once gave him the task to get rid of Snow White. It turns out the hunter took her to the orphanage.
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