Fack ju Göhte | |
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Directed by | Bora Dağtekin |
Produced by |
Christian Becker Lena Schömann |
Written by | Bora Dagtekin |
Starring |
Elyas M'Barek Karoline Herfurth |
Music by | Beckmann Djorkaeff Beatzarre |
Cinematography | Christof Wahl |
Edited by | Charles Ladmiral Zaz Montana |
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Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time
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118 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Box office | US$82.000.000 |
Fack ju Göhte (Official Soundtrack) | |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Label | Polydor (Universal) |
Fack ju Göhte (intentional misspelling of Fuck you, Goethe) is a 2013 German comedy directed by Bora Dağtekin and starring Elyas M'Barek and Karoline Herfurth, while upcoming actors Max von der Groeben and Jella Haase appear in supporting roles. The film was produced by Rat Pack Filmproduktion in coproduction with Constantin Film.
Fack ju Göthe premiered on October 29, 2013 in Munich, and was subsequently released in cinemas on November 7, 2013.
Bank robber Zeki Müller has just been out of prison. Upon his release, he goes to retrieve the money he stole in order to repay a debt, but his friend buried it in a construction site. During Zeki's time in prison, the construction project was completed and his money is now buried beneath the new gymnasium at the Goethe Gesamtschule. In order to obtain the money, Zeki applies for the vacant position of a deceased janitor. However, due to a misunderstanding, he is given a job as a substitute teacher.
Lisi Schnabelstedt is a student teacher at the Goethe Gesamtschule, her former high school, because she has guardianship over her younger sister, Laura. Lisi does not impose the necessary authority to manage the students successfully.
When Ingrid Leimbach-Knorr, homeroom teacher of class 10B, attempts suicide, the management of the difficult class goes to Lisi Schnabelstedt, although the class's brutal pranks upon the new teacher quickly reduces her to tears. Zeki takes over as the substitute homeroom teacher for Lisi's former seventh grade class. In order to regain his money, Zeki works during the night in the cellar of the school on a tunnel leading to the buried money. He also copies Lisi's diploma because he does not have a high school or college education, which eventually becomes known to Lisi. She then blackmails Zeki, allowing her to get her old seventh grade class back while Zeki assumes responsibility over class 10B.
Zeki is thrown out of his living situation at a strip club, and tries to sleep in Lisi's garage. When discovered, Lisi allows Zeki to live in her basement as long as he properly teaches class 10B instead of watching films every class period.