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Director
  
Anno Saul

Music director
  
Marcel Barsotti

Duration
  

Country
  
Germany

6.4/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Romance, Sport

Cinematography
  
Peter Nix

Language
  
German

Where Is Fred movie poster
Writer
  
Ken Daurio
,
Cinco Paul
,
Bora Dagtekin

Release date
  
November 16, 2006 (2006-11-16)

Initial release
  
November 16, 2006 (Germany)

Screenplay
  
Bora Dagtekin, Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Ilja Haller, Sathyan Ramesh, Jane Ainscough

Cast
  
Til Schweiger
(Fred),
Alexandra Maria Lara
(Denise),
Jürgen Vogel
(Alex),
Anja Kling
(Mara),
Christoph Maria Herbst
(Ronnie),
Tanja Wenzel
(Vicky)

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Where Is Fred? (German: Wo ist Fred?), also credited as Where Is Fred!?, is a 2006 German film directed by Anno Saul, and produced by Philip Voges and Eberhard Junkersdorf. Written by Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul and Bora Dagtekin, it stars Til Schweiger, Alexandra Maria Lara, Jurgen Vogel and Christoph Maria Herbst.

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In order to catch a basketball from the favorite team of his girlfriend's spoiled son, Fred poses as a numb, wheelchair-bound fan. But when he catches the ball, he also catches the attention of young, attractive filmmaker Denise, who wants to feature an invalid fan in an image film for the team. Fred has to keep playing his role, while real invalid and really furious fan Ronny might call his bluff at any moment. Worse, still, love sets in...

Plot summary

Where Is Fred movie scenes

Fred plans to marry his girlfriend Mara, and he proposes her at the sold–out basketball match. Instead of accepting, Mara puts that decision on her spoiled son, Linus. In order to get Linus to like him, Fred decides to give him a basketball from the Linus favourite team. He poses as a wheelchair–bound fan so that he could get it. But when he catches the ball, he also catches the attention of young, attractive filmmaker Denise, who wants to feature an invalid fan in an image film for the team. Fred has to keep playing his role, while real invalid and really furious fan Ronny might call his bluff at any moment.

Cast

  • Til Schweiger as Fred
  • Alexandra Maria Lara as Denise
  • Jurgen Vogel as Alex
  • Christoph Maria Herbst as Ronnie
  • Anja Kling as Mara
  • Ramon Julia Konig as Linus
  • Gerit Kling as Maras Schwester Sabine
  • Pasquale Aleardi as Benno Held
  • Tanja Wenzel as Vicky
  • David Scheller as Zlatko
  • Fahri Ogun Yardim as Mehmet
  • Daniel Steiner as Christian
  • Vanessa Petruo as Julia
  • Eckhard Preus as Stefan
  • Ursela Monn as Mrs. Grundmann
  • Klaus Manchen as Mr. Hubert
  • Kurt Kromer as Mr. Bubback
  • Erwin Aljukic as Niklas
  • Adele Neuhauser as Mrs. Hildegart
  • Michael Hanemann as Mr. Grundmann

    • Other releases

    Where Is Fred movie scenes

    Where Is Fred? was released on DVD on 14 May 2007, and on Blu-ray on 21 January 2011. The soundtrack album was released on 17 November 2006 through the Polystar Records.

    Soundtrack listing

    1. Bob Geldof — "Room 19 (Sha La La La Lee)"
    2. Bass]— "Playing Games Remix"
    3. Mr. Scruff — "Spandex Man"
    4. Absynthe Minded — "Pretty Horny Flow Full"
    5. Swinging Girls — "Lass Dich Mit Musik Verwohnen"
    6. Giuseppe Verdi — "Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus (Act II)"
    7. Orson — "No Tomorrow"
    8. New Found Glory — "I Dont Wanna Know"
    9. Paris — "Freedom"
    10. James Brown — "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine"
    11. Timid Tiger — "Miss Murray"
    12. Siebeth feat. Miss Jessica — "3 Minutes"
    13. Snow Patrol — "Chasing Cars"

    Critical response

    Where Is Fred movie scenes

    Where Is Fred? received mixed to negative reviews. Prisma-Online.de described the film as "flat, childish, annoying and stupid". The Lexicon of International Films named it as "the mix of desolate confusion, outrageous script and irritating stereotype". However, F. M. Hemke of Filmszene.de wrote that Where Is Fred? was a "really funny and entertaining film, a successful firework of situation comedy, despite a lame start", and gave the film seven out of ten points. Matthew Englander of Live Journal gave the film rather mixed review, writing, "have to admit that parts of it were quite funny but overall it went on too long". Marcus Kleine Filmseit called the film "politically incorrect", but praised the performance of Christoph Maria Herbst. Claudia Wente also praised the performance of Jurgen Vogel and wrote that he "played with convincing ease".

    Similar Movies

    Where Is Fred movie scenes

    Til Schweiger appears in Where Is Fred? and directed Barefoot. Til Schweiger appears in Where Is Fred? and directed Rabbit Without Ears. Til Schweiger appears in Where Is Fred? and The Most Desired Man. Anno Saul directed Where Is Fred? and Kebab Connection. Til Schweiger appears in Where Is Fred? and Phantom Pain.

    Accolades

    Where Is Fred movie scenes

    Tanja Wenzel won Undine Award for Best Young Comedian for her performance, while Til Schweiger won Jupiter Award for Best German Actor.

    References

    Where Is Fred? Wikipedia
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