[21] On 28 June 2009, Hands Up or I'll Shoot had its premiere in Kino International, in Berlin's Karl-Marx-Allee, and was distributed to cinemas on 2 July. Dubai cops: Hands up or I'll shoot...your picture with my Google Glass . If you want to see a perfect example of the utter lunacy of the 11th Plenum, look no further than Hands Up, or I’ll Shoot! The picture was filmed in 1965, but in 1966 censors refused to allow it to be screened, and therefore post-production ceased. ( Log Out /  I’ll move the target if I have to, to get things lined up and me in a comfortable position. Holms chases the gang to Leipzig in what becomes a comical pursuit, replete with mistakes and accidents, and is apprehended by the police himself; he also meets the charming Lucie. posted by Alan F. @wolfcallsputs. #Ferguson Protestors – Hands up…I’ll still shoot onpoint November 19, 2014 Making its way through social media is a group of teenagers armed to the teeth vowing revenge for … "[5] Kate Connolly of The Guardian wrote "It is particularly sweet for the older generation, who now have the chance to watch previously unseen footage of some of their favourite actors. It was now called Hands Up or I'll Shoot, and was registered as project no. [18] Joshua Feinstein commented that in contrast to most other films banned after the Plenum, which were laid with strong artistic and political messages, Kasprzik's work was one of those that "seem to have fallen victim to bad timing and nothing else" as it was "thoroughly conventional". The woman pointed out the cat sheds before Mr Wittman allegedly forced her to her knees while aiming the weapon at her, the court heard. "[4] Actor Herbert Köfer, who portrayed one of the thieves, said it seemed to present what the authorities would deem a positive notion, "what most people expected of socialism: when some will no longer have too much while others will not lack, would not crime quickly disappear? In this video I show you how to teach your dog the 'hands up or I'll shoot' trick, otherwise known as 'BANG!'. View on black or I'll shoot you with Mr. "[17], On 27 September 1966, the DEFA directorate rescinded its former resolution, and withdrew the submission of Hands Up for approval by the Ministry, stating: "in recognition of the political assessment... That this picture does not conform to the resolutions of the State Council regarding the struggle against crime." genre. He starts having daydreams about catching gangster and soon sees the local doctor for depression. His play, Ein seltsamer Heiliger (A Strange Saint) was adapted into a made-for-TV movie in 1995, and an episode of the popular West German TV show Berliner Weiße mit Schuß was also based on his work. On television he regularly appeared with in skits with fellow comedian, Hans Joachim Preil, who appears in this film as the aging gangster, Elster Paule. 123 I won't break if you throw me off from the highest building but I will break if you place me in the ocean. Among those was also Hands Up or I'll Shoot. "[13] Many other functionaries echoed Honecker's line and blamed the country's cinema, television and theater for fostering a "pessimistic and skeptic" attitude. The director of Hands Up or I’ll Shoot! ( Log Out /  For the rest of his career as a director, Mr. Kasprzik was relegated to television, where he had considerable success. I have written extensively on unique film genres. *Friends theme begins to play over PA* *Everyone sweats nervously* "[6], Strahl was instructed to complete the scenario by the end of May. Apparently the other potato I was using for ammo was his Grandma. He is one of the only East German playwrights whose work was also performed in West Germany. © Jim Morton and East German Cinema Blog, 2010-2017. And give me all your lunch money or I'll shoot you with my Potato Gun! Robber: KEEP YOUR HANDS UP OR I’LL SHOOT EVERY ONE OF YOU! Grandson of the Czech playwright, Jan Nepomuk Å těpánek, Zdeněk Å těpánek was a well-known and popular actor in Czechoslovakia, first appearing in films in 1922. However, the German Democratic Republic has one of the world's lowest crime rates, and the sleepy town of Wolkenheim, in which he is stationed, is considered tranquil even by the national standards. was Hans-Joachim Kasprzik, and his is a sad story indeed. On 2 August, the studio approved the final screenplay. [7], Principal photography commenced on 11 September; it was conducted in Altenburg until the 29th, then in Naumburg. The rest of the cast is fun to watch. Mr. After the Wende, DEFA-Stiftung and the Bundesarchiv discovered 570 canisters containing material from this film. Hands Up or I'll Shoot (German: Hände hoch oder ich schieße) is an East German crime comedy film directed by Hans-Joachim Kasprzik, who wrote the script along with Rudi Strahl. The raccoon is usually described as having "hands" though opposable thumbs are lacking. After reunification, the footage was transferred to the German Federal Archives. My Australian Shepherd Bear loves this trick! Using the original screenplay, the film was carefully reconstructed and finally screened in 2009. [after Beria is shot] Well, that's got it done. Cops and Detectives in Dubai have been issued Google Glass to use as a tool to fight crime. I will start with the correct answer, and work my way back from there. The finished version lacked both the sequences which Kasprzik and Strahl removed to make the picture more acceptable — those were not found in the archive — and several colored scenes from Holms' dreams, which were painted in absurd manner to highlight their surrealism. Now playing 01:53 … Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. How was I to know. He then turned the script into a theater play, Perpetrate It Again ('Noch mal ein Ding drehn'). Rolf Herricht starred as officer Holms. The shirtless scenes have all been shot for #BAYWATCH so with clothing Im able to cover up this final week of production. Lens: Pentax-M 100mm 1:2 Macro Lens Camera: Pentax k-50 Photo Location: Sherwood Forest. Shoot definition, to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon. Anyway, love your re-view of this film. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Jim Morton and East German Cinema Blog with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Police shoot unarmed man with his hands up WSVN. Go and kill them, will you? Posted By: Tonytee, 03-24-2018, 06:12 PM. [26] Daniel Kothenschulte of the Frankfurter Rundschau commented that few films could "outdo the harmlessness" of Strahl's "farce", but perhaps "it was the look of socialism fulfilled, as seen in Wolkenheim, that so terrified the functionaries? Would you like to change the currency to Pounds (£)? Hands Up or I'll Shoot (German: Hände hoch oder ich schieße) is an East German crime comedy film directed by Hans-Joachim Kasprzik, who wrote the script along with Rudi Strahl. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! He had written several plays, a few satires, and even a children’s book based on the popular children’s TV-show character, Sandmännchen. The film's footage, original soundtrack and other material were stored in 570 boxes. During the sixties he began writing screenplays, starting with Der Reserveheld (The Reserve Hero), which also starred Rolf Herricht. 2 references. For example, they wrote: "the following sentence is unacceptable: 'when he met her, all thoughts about his fantasies or about dialectical materialism abandoned his mind'." ), or smaller parts (On the Sunny Side, For Eyes Only). "[4] They also cut the second half of the sentence "no monument remains forever, new ones are built", spoken by one of the thieves, as they feared it would be interpreted as an allusion to the removal of Stalin's statues during De-Stalinization. What am I? Holms sinks into a depression and begins to visit a psychiatrist. Photography was completed on 7 January 1966, after seventy-one days: thirty-one in the studio and forty outside. The film stars Rolf Herricht as Holms, who is no stranger to the East German Cinema blog. With the target set up, I’ll sit down, check comfort and padding, aim, adjust, aim again. Very well written. Nature Okay you guys, hands up or I'll shoot. His children have gone on to become successful actors in the Czech Republic. He retired from filmmaking and died in 1997 in Berlin. imported from Wikimedia project. Thanks for the kind words. [3], Already in the beginning of 1967, after reading a newspaper report that the number of criminal offences registered in 1966 — 124,524 — was the lowest in the country's history, Strahl wrote to DEFA, claiming that his film could now be screened, but was rejected. achieved the dubious distinction of being the last film banned during the “Kahlschlag” (literally, clear-cutting) of the 11th Plenum. Rolf Herricht starred as officer Holms. Hände hoch, oder es knallt! Search this Thread: 4 Likes #1: Okay you guys, hands up or I'll shoot. 45kb "That would cause me great annoyance and displeasure." ( Log Out /  Hands Up or I'll Shoot was only completed and distributed in 2009, making it the last East German film to be released. 454. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Although much was removed by the request of the studio directorate, the film still expresses a hidden ironical approach." Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. 105kb "That's good shootin'." He eventually manages to arrest the thieves, but the mayor drops the charges as it would ruin Wolkenhim's eligibility to win the Banner for the Most Beautiful City. A day later, a screening of the material was held for Wilfried Maaß, the chairman of the Ministry of Culture's Film Department and other leading functionaries. At the age of twenty, he became a member of the Volkspolizei, and later the NVA (National People’s Army), where he rose to the rank of lieutenant. [2] Strahl's proposition would become the third in a series of four films created by him which starred Rolf Herricht, one of the country's most successful comedians, who would receive the role of Holms. Everybody happy? This is just a musical emergency! (For more information on Rolf Herricht, see Beloved White Mouse). Because he lives in a small town with the lowest crime rate in East Germany, Investigator Holms (played by comedian Rolf Herricht) is stuck looking for a stolen pet rabbit even as he dreams of cracking a … He speeds up the hand on his dick, the other hand splaying out on his belly just the way Yoonji likes to try and encompass all of his abs in one touch. Hands up or I'll shoot! Hands up or I'll shoot you in the fucking face. They later decided "because of the problems with it... Further consultations must be held. He didn't. inception. title. The picture was filmed in 1965, but in 1966 censors refused to allow it to be screened, and therefore post-production ceased. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Actually not, actually I watched it when it was shown for the first time on ARTE last year or the year before I don’t really remember but then my interest for Köfi was muted as I focused on Jaecki Schwarz in Polizeiruf 110. The screenplay’s author, Rudi Strahl, was a successful writer in the GDR. Rolf Herricht starred as officer Holms. ISO: 100 Shutter Speed: 1/60s Aperture: F8 . 79kb John Wayne's heroes epitomised the wild west cowboy era and the American dream. With Rolf Herricht, Agnes Kraus, Charlotte Küter, Evelyn Cron. 124 I hide in a dark tunnel awaiting my time. The Rabbit Is Me and Frank Beyer's Trace of Stones were banned, and ten other pictures followed; they would either be removed from circulation or remain unfinished. Armed with the success of this series, Mr. Kasprzik directed Hands Up or I’ll Shoot!—his first feature film. (Hände hoch oder ich schieße). Hands Up or I'll Shoot (My Load) - Chapter 4 - emothy - 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS [Archive of Our Own] Main Content. [7], While Herricht was immediately given the role of Holms,[8] the producers considered offering that of Pinkas to Erwin Geschonneck, Jan Werich, Jaroslav Marvan and even to West German Arno Paulsen, but eventually gave it to Zdeněk Štěpánek on the director's recommendation. The film tells the story of Holms, a cop in the sleepy East German hamlet of Wolkenheim. Just the other day I wrote a letter to Köfer as he is living just around the corner and I didn’t wanna miss him (as I already missed Klein which makes me extremely sad as I love this actor like no one else). Hände hoch oder ich schieße (German) 0 references. On 26 June, DEFA approved the script's draft. miami unarmed man shot hands up protesters officer statement pkg_00000000.jpg. "[5] The GDR indeed had low offence rates: "with so many secret police officers, it wasn't exactly a hub of serious crime. The screencap as well!! "[2] Even the reformed thieves were seen to reject an offer by an American tourist to sell their stolen statue in exchange for dollars, to demonstrate they were "rooted in socialist moral. [10] The film's cost was summed to 1.68 million East German Mark, while the studio projected that it would earn 1.2 million Mark in revenues inside East Germany and further 200,000 abroad. Starting in 1960, he began directing Stacheltier shorts and made-for-TV movies. He finally has a case when a local resident reports his rabbits were stolen, but he soon reveals they merely escaped to the nearby field. Shoot it." Statements. I currently reside in San Francisco. During the summer and autumn of the year, the raw cut was edited by a combined team of experts who have already worked on several other East German pictures which were banned before being completed. Couldn’t have translated it any better. The others were Geliebte weiße Maus, Der Reserveheld and Meine Freundin Sybille. What am I? [ugs.] Kasprzik and Strahl decided not to complete Hands Up or I'll Shoot, as they deemed it insufficiently significant when compared to others. Come on, everyone have a look. I got him a patient: Sinbad.… Apparently the idea that a Volkspolizei might be suffer from depression was enough to set them off. His friend, Pinkas, is a former thief who now works as a doorman in a hotel of the Handelsorganisation. "[23], "Banned East German Comedy Premieres 40 Years Late", "In der DDR verboten: Film-Premiere nach 43 Jahren", "Vorhang auf, Film ab: Evelyn Cron war Herrichts Traumfrau", "East Germany's Last Banned Film Finally Sees the Light", "Censored 1966 film Hands Up Reveals Subversive Humour In East Germany", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hands_Up_or_I%27ll_Shoot&oldid=985482752, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 October 2020, at 05:59. Refused to allow it to be screened, and his is a sad story.... Work on the popular East German playwrights whose work was also hands up protesters officer pkg_00000000.jpg! Log in: you are commenting using your Facebook account address to subscribe to this blog receive! Posts by email to hit, wound, damage, kill, or smaller parts ( on the Roof.... 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