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Schultze Gets the Blues
| Actor(s): Horst Krause, Harald Warmbrunn, Karl-Fred Mueller, Ursula Schucht, Hannelore Schubert Director(s): Michael Schorr 5 |
Movie Details
| MPAA Rating: PG Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 08/30/2005 Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: German Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy Drama, Comedy of Manners |
DVD Synopsis
Directed and written by Michael Schorr, Schultze Gets the Blues centers around Schultze (Horst Krause), a middle-aged accordionist whose lust for life is renewed after hearing a Cajun zydeco riff on the radio. Despite the fact that using his accordion for anything other than polka would be considered a sacrilege by his family -- Schultze's father was considered legendary in the polka circuit -- a newly invigorated Schultze jumps at the chance to change his musical style and takes it a step further by learning how to cook jambalaya and saving money for a trip to the United States. Despite more than a few unseen barriers, Schultze makes the trip from Germany to America, where he takes on Texas and the Louisiana bayous with an unprecedented zest. Schultze Gets the Blues also features Harald Warmbrunn, Karl Fred Mueller, Ursula Schucht, and Hannelore Schubert. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
Actors
Horst Krause - Schultze
Harald Warmbrunn - Jurgen
Karl-Fred Mueller - Manfred
Ursula Schucht - Jurgen's wife
Hannelore Schubert - Manfred's wife
Harald Warmbrunn - Jurgen
Karl-Fred Mueller - Manfred
Ursula Schucht - Jurgen's wife
Hannelore Schubert - Manfred's wife
Member Movie Reviews
S A A. (Learned2Heal) wrote on 9/27/2009...
1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Loved this movie! The main character is a retired, sweet, lovable German accordion player. He is a quiet, socially inept person. He never says much, but he is very touching and he has very good friends. He is also a surprisingly adventurous fella. He starts cooking Louisiana style dishes from a cooking program on TV and feeds them to his shocked friends who are about to be even more surprised when they find that his new love in music is Zydeko, which he learns by ear from the radio. This revelation is met with mixed reviews from the local patrons who are used to listening to German and Polish Oompah music. This does not deter him, however, as he launches into an overseas trip to Texas and Louisiana, where he shows the local experts how it's done German-style on an accordion.This is a very slow-moving, mellow movie. The music is wonderful and so is seeing how Germans live in a small mining town. This movie is for people who like to delve a bit deeper into personalities and foreign flavors. People who like quick moving, action movies and spelled-out viewpoints may not take to this one.
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