1½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde
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1½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde (German
: 1½ Ritter – Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde) is a 2008 German film directed by Til Schweiger
. It stars Til Schweiger, Rick Kavanian
, Julia Dietze
, Thomas Gottschalk
and Udo Kier
. The film centers on two knights, Lanze and (Schweiger) and Erdal (Kavanian) who are trying to save kidnapped Princess Herzelinde (Dietze) from the Black Knight (Tobias Moretti
). Some characters from Der Ring des Nibelungen
by Richard Wagner
, such as Siegfried
(Thierry van Werveke
) and Brünnhilde (Stefanie Stappenbeck) appear in the film.
has got both the critics and the press hate him for this film. Not without a reason. [...] The film is just as lame as its trailer identifies it". TV Movie.de wrote, "If the jokes were better and go beyong adolescent jokes, it would become a real comedy". Cinefacts.de added that "Til [Schweiger] once again tried in the comedy genre, but that, unlike his previous films Barfuss
and Keinohrhasen
, it lacks gags". Dorit Koch from General Anzeiger Bonn wrote "Though the film lacks good gags, the famous cast
will attract the audience". Cinema.de described the film as a "shallow medieval farce with a few funny ideas". "Til Schweiger directs and stars his middle age film with childish jokes and the Monty Python
style. You can try to find it funny, but you won't", the Welt
wrote.
on 19 December 2008, and includes the song "Walta Sattla", performed by Til Schweiger
. In the review of the album, the Bild wrote that "unlike the film itself, the soundtrack is just beautiful, not a funny parade".
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
: 1½ Ritter – Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde) is a 2008 German film directed by Til Schweiger
Til Schweiger
Tilman Valentin "Til" Schweiger is a German actor, director, and producer.He is one of Germany’s most successful filmmakers. Since 1968, when the FFA started counting, no other German actor has drawn more people to the cinemas. He runs his own production company, Barefoot Films, in Berlin.-Early...
. It stars Til Schweiger, Rick Kavanian
Rick Kavanian
Rick Horatio Kavanian is a German actor, comedian, author and dubber of Armenian-Romanian roots. He is famous for his cooperation with Michael Herbig, which led to many popular movie comedies and parodies, e.g. Manitou's Shoe.- Life :...
, Julia Dietze
Julia Dietze
Julia Dietze is a German actress.-Biography:Dietze is the daughter of the German artist, illustrator and painter Mathias Dietze. Her mother is from Marseille...
, Thomas Gottschalk
Thomas Gottschalk
Thomas Johannes Gottschalk is a German TV host. He is best-known for hosting the popular show Wetten, dass..?, which he has led to a huge success in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol.-Early life:...
and Udo Kier
Udo Kier
Udo Kier is a German actor, known primarily for his work in horror and exploitation movies.-Early life:...
. The film centers on two knights, Lanze and (Schweiger) and Erdal (Kavanian) who are trying to save kidnapped Princess Herzelinde (Dietze) from the Black Knight (Tobias Moretti
Tobias Moretti
Tobias Moretti is an Austrian actor.-Biography:Born in Gries am Brenner, Tyrol, Moretti is the eldest of four brothers. His brothers are named Tomas, Cristoph and Gregor. Since 1997 he has been married to Julia Moretti , an oboist...
). Some characters from Der Ring des Nibelungen
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Der Ring des Nibelungen is a cycle of four epic operas by the German composer Richard Wagner . The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the Nibelungenlied...
by Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
, such as Siegfried
Sigurd
Sigurd is a legendary hero of Norse mythology, as well as the central character in the Völsunga saga. The earliest extant representations for his legend come in pictorial form from seven runestones in Sweden and most notably the Ramsund carving Sigurd (Old Norse: Sigurðr) is a legendary hero of...
(Thierry van Werveke
Thierry Van Werveke
Thierry Van Werveke was a Luxembourgian actor. He appeared in over 60 films and television shows between 1988 and 2009...
) and Brünnhilde (Stefanie Stappenbeck) appear in the film.
Cast
- Til SchweigerTil SchweigerTilman Valentin "Til" Schweiger is a German actor, director, and producer.He is one of Germany’s most successful filmmakers. Since 1968, when the FFA started counting, no other German actor has drawn more people to the cinemas. He runs his own production company, Barefoot Films, in Berlin.-Early...
as Knight Lanze - Rick KavanianRick KavanianRick Horatio Kavanian is a German actor, comedian, author and dubber of Armenian-Romanian roots. He is famous for his cooperation with Michael Herbig, which led to many popular movie comedies and parodies, e.g. Manitou's Shoe.- Life :...
as Half–Knight Erdal - Julia DietzeJulia DietzeJulia Dietze is a German actress.-Biography:Dietze is the daughter of the German artist, illustrator and painter Mathias Dietze. Her mother is from Marseille...
as Princess Herzelinde - Thomas GottschalkThomas GottschalkThomas Johannes Gottschalk is a German TV host. He is best-known for hosting the popular show Wetten, dass..?, which he has led to a huge success in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol.-Early life:...
as King Gunther - Udo KierUdo KierUdo Kier is a German actor, known primarily for his work in horror and exploitation movies.-Early life:...
as Luipold Trumpf - Tobias MorettiTobias MorettiTobias Moretti is an Austrian actor.-Biography:Born in Gries am Brenner, Tyrol, Moretti is the eldest of four brothers. His brothers are named Tomas, Cristoph and Gregor. Since 1997 he has been married to Julia Moretti , an oboist...
as the Black Knight - Mark KellerMark KellerMark K. Keller is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 86th District and was elected in 2004. He currently sits on the House Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Game & Fisheries, Local Government, and Transportation Committees....
as Prince Gustav - Ralph Herforth as Walter Sattler
- Gregor Bloéb as Jailer
- Thierry van WervekeThierry Van WervekeThierry Van Werveke was a Luxembourgian actor. He appeared in over 60 films and television shows between 1988 and 2009...
as SiegfriedSigurdSigurd is a legendary hero of Norse mythology, as well as the central character in the Völsunga saga. The earliest extant representations for his legend come in pictorial form from seven runestones in Sweden and most notably the Ramsund carving Sigurd (Old Norse: Sigurðr) is a legendary hero of... - Stefanie Stappenbeck as Brünnhilde
- Tim Wilde as Jailer's Assistant
- Anna Maria MüheAnna Maria MüheAnna Maria Mühe is a German actress.-Biography:Born in Berlin to actor Ulrich Mühe and actress Jenny Gröllmann , she was invited by director Maria von Heland to a casting for Big Girls Don't Cry...
as Magd - Denis MoschittoDenis MoschittoDenis Moschitto is a German actor of Italian and Turkish descent best known for his leading role in Kebab Connection.- Early life :Moschitto is the son of an Italian father and a Turkish mother.- Career :...
as the Archer - Hannelore ElsnerHannelore ElsnerHannelore Elsner is a German actress. After finishing drama school she worked in theatres in Berlin and München. Later she starred in films and TV series such as Die Schwarzwaldklinik...
as Hexe - Dieter HallervordenDieter HallervordenDieter "Didi" Hallervorden is a German comedian, comic actor, singer and cabaret artist.-Biography:...
as the Horse Seller - Roberto BlancoRoberto BlancoRoberto Blanco , was born 7 June 1937 in Tunis, Tunisia. Of Afro-Cuban origin, Blanco is a German-speaking Schlager singer and actor.-Early life:...
as Roberto - Helmut MarkwortHelmut MarkwortHelmut Markwort is a German journalist and since 1993 Editor-in-Chief of the weekly newsmagazine Focus. He is a member of the liberal Free Democratic Party of Germany....
as the Chief of the Tabloid
Critical reception
The film earned mostly negative reviews from film critics. German website Sueddeutsche.com described it as an "embarrassing parade of celebrities", "[...] Til SchweigerTil Schweiger
Tilman Valentin "Til" Schweiger is a German actor, director, and producer.He is one of Germany’s most successful filmmakers. Since 1968, when the FFA started counting, no other German actor has drawn more people to the cinemas. He runs his own production company, Barefoot Films, in Berlin.-Early...
has got both the critics and the press hate him for this film. Not without a reason. [...] The film is just as lame as its trailer identifies it". TV Movie.de wrote, "If the jokes were better and go beyong adolescent jokes, it would become a real comedy". Cinefacts.de added that "Til [Schweiger] once again tried in the comedy genre, but that, unlike his previous films Barfuss
Barfuss
Barfuss is a film by German actor and director Til Schweiger released in 2005. It is a romantic comedy and tells the story of Nick , a hedonistic bachelor, who falls for Leila, an escaped mental patient, portrayed by Johanna Wokalek. Til Schweiger was also involved in the writing of the...
and Keinohrhasen
Keinohrhasen
Keinohrhasen ,lit: No Ear Rabbits, is a 2007 German romantic comedy film, written, produced and directed by Til Schweiger...
, it lacks gags". Dorit Koch from General Anzeiger Bonn wrote "Though the film lacks good gags, the famous cast
Ensemble cast
An ensemble cast is made up of cast members in which the principal actors and performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance and screen time in a dramatic production. This kind of casting became more popular in television series because it allows flexibility for writers to focus on...
will attract the audience". Cinema.de described the film as a "shallow medieval farce with a few funny ideas". "Til Schweiger directs and stars his middle age film with childish jokes and the Monty Python
Monty Python
Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
style. You can try to find it funny, but you won't", the Welt
Die Welt
Die Welt is a German national daily newspaper published by the Axel Springer AG company.It was founded in Hamburg in 1946 by the British occupying forces, aiming to provide a "quality newspaper" modelled on The Times...
wrote.
Music
The 1½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde soundtrack album was released through the Interscope RecordsInterscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
on 19 December 2008, and includes the song "Walta Sattla", performed by Til Schweiger
Til Schweiger
Tilman Valentin "Til" Schweiger is a German actor, director, and producer.He is one of Germany’s most successful filmmakers. Since 1968, when the FFA started counting, no other German actor has drawn more people to the cinemas. He runs his own production company, Barefoot Films, in Berlin.-Early...
. In the review of the album, the Bild wrote that "unlike the film itself, the soundtrack is just beautiful, not a funny parade".
Release dates
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|---|---|---|---|
 GermanyGermany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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 AustriaAustria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
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