Non Stop Trouble with Spies (1983) ( Der Schnüffler )

Non Stop Trouble with Spies (1983) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$24.99

Original Title: Der Schnüffler
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby TrueHD )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby TrueHD )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 1983 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Ottokar Runze

Written By:
Christian Rateuke
Hartmann Schmige

Actors:
Dieter Hallervorden ..... Herbert Böckmann
Catherine Alric ..... Anna
Tilo Prückner ..... Fred
Anton Diffring ..... Colonel Henderson
Siegfried Wischnewski ..... Colonel Protopopov
Peter Kuiper ..... Dimitri
Nikolaus Dutsch ..... Grosser Klaus
Charles Regnier ..... Mr. X
Siegfried Kernen ..... Professor Prätorius
Joachim Wichmann ..... Kommissar Runge
Gustl Bayrhammer ..... Herr Huber
Martha Mödl ..... Frau Huber
Hans Schellbach ..... Boris Stravinski
Utz Richter ..... Major Mahlke
Eddie Constantine ..... Gregori Ustinov

Synopsis:

Herbie Melbourne (Didi Hallervorden) is a poor schlemiel who is inadvertently caught between the Devil and the deep blue sea in this German farce about a cab driver (Hallervorden) assigned to bring a 'comrade' back to the East German side of the Berlin wall, a passenger who is dead to the world, permanently, when he arrives. Herbie the cabbie is recruited by the KGB and East German Intelligence to help them discover who murdered the man in his back seat. After arriving on the West German side of the divide, Herbie is then recruited by the CIA and West German Intelligence to become a counterspy, for double what the other side is paying him. As Herbie seems to have no viable way out of this mess, he does what many have done before him, he goes to a therapist (Catherine Alric) for help. Reaching into her bag of tricks, the therapist gives Herbie a small bottle he can sniff when in need of self-confidence, an act guaranteed to put him on top of any situation. Now Herbie is a cabbie, a KGB agent, a CIA agent, and a bottle sniffer -- and he is falling in love with his gorgeous therapist. Although the standard chase routines are a bit lengthy and exaggerated, this spy spoof keeps its sense of humor intact.

Comedy about a taxi driver who is one day asked to deliver a passenger to the other side of the Berlin Wall. He then becomes a double agent for the KGB and the East German police on one side of the wall and the CIA on the other.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 05 October, 2020.