Dieter - Der Film (2006)

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

"Dieter" is an animated German movie from 2006. It runs for comfortably under 1.5 hours and is the most known work for both writers here, but not for the two directors who have also been prolific with the Werner Beinhart franchise. I liked that one and I like this film here as well as the approach is somewhat similar in terms of story-telling and animation. It is "only" a small screen release, but it could also have deserved a big screen release in my opinion. This is basically a Dieter Bohlen biopic, even if some parts were left out completely or almost completely. One example would be the protagonist's first marriage and the three children that were the result. And DSDS, Bohlen's long-running trademark show, also already existed back on 2006 for a couple years, but is not part of this movie. So it is a bit on the incomplete side. Instead, the focus is mostly on Bohlen's ill-fated relationships with Naddel and Verona Feldbusch as well as his tumultuous yet highly successful work relationship with Thomas Anders (and his wife Nora).I think many people who don't like this movie would argue that Bohlen is not a character who deserves his own biopic, but I disagree. He has sure gone through a whole lot in his life (he turned 63 this year) and there is enough material in here. Sure you could say that stuff like a broken penis is nothing that makes a difference or plays a role to anybody except himself, but this is exactly the point. It played a major role to himself and thus deserves being included in here. I also wrote earlier already that I like the Werner films and yes the approach here is very similar. Also the film does not know any taboos at all as you probably already realize from what I just wrote in the last sentence and that's excellent as we don't need any further politically correct garbage. I also think that this film has solid attention to detail, for example when it comes to the animations of minor characters in the background. They don't just stand there, but still move and do something, even if it does not really add anything to the story. I myself would not really call myself a fan of Bohlen and definitely not of his talent casting show, but there is no denying he made a lot of correct decisions in his life, financially and artistically, and the consequence is that virtually everybody here in Germany knows him, even if they may not like him. But this also may have to do with jealousy a bit. And after all, in terms of his show, the fish needs to like the bait, not the fisherman, so can you really blame Bohlen or RTL for what they are doing if millions of people suck it in every week?Anyway, back to this movie, Bohlen himself is the narrator and he has many lines, which is a nice addition and makes perfectly up for the fact that Bohlen does not do his own voice, it even gives a more autobiographical take to it all. With he exception of Völz and Harry Wijnvoord voicing the devil LOL (still these two only have one scene each), there are no known actors listed for this project, but that's perfectly fine as this doesn't mean they aren't doing a good job. On the contrary. The voice acting worked well together with the animation in my opinion. There were many funny scenes and this film never tries to be something it couldn't achieve. Even the more serious moments about Bohlen's childhood or his father's words still have some kind of lightness to them and matter anyway only to Bohlen himself. The movie is never preaching. But it is frequently funny. I recommend checking it out and regardless of you like it or not, there is no denying it is among the most famous German animated films of all time, even if I can see why some of the people depicted in there probably did not like it. But maybe it is just too honest? Go see it.

If you're not from Germany, you've probably never heard of Dieter Bohlen. Consider yourself lucky. Guitarist-cum-producer Bohlen, together with singer Thomas Anders, had produced a couple of mediocre, but successful Pop songs under the guise of "Modern Talking" in the 80's; sort of "Milli Vanilli" crap that hasn't been caught.The musician Bohlen would have been all but forgotten, had it not been for his hyper-inflated, borderline psychopathic ego, which made him a judge and leading force behind "Deutschland sucht den Superstar", Germany's answer to "American Idol". Imagine a blond version of Simon Cowell (they even look vaguely similar), just more mean-spirited and nepotistic. This success prompted Bohlen to write his memoirs, in which he's slinging dirt at anybody, dead or alive, who has ever crossed his path. And, savvy businessman that he is, Bohlen took the chance to turn said memoirs into a feature-length cartoon.Long story made short: we witness Bohlens upbringing in a small North-German hamlet, rise to fame with "Modern Talking", break-up, relationships with alcoholic hanger-on girlfriends Nadel and marriage impostor Verona (both still haunt the German boulevard media to this day), reunion with Thomas Anders and Bohlen's ultimate descent to hell.Stylistically, the cartoon is somewhere between "Werner" and "Das Kleine Arschloch" ("The Little Rectum"), meaning, it's crude, simple, lazily put together by some bored animator(s), without any of the merits of above mentioned toons.The most important question: is it funny? Answer: no. Like above mentioned animations, it thrives on potty humour involving puking, passing winds and excrements, but has none of the wit. If anything, we must give Bohlen credit for being honest enough to admit that he's a "not a very nice person" (which is a kind description for a word beginning with "A" and ending with "hole").2 from 10 points should do.

I think it's useless to comment on this film in English, since it will never be known outside central Europe. IMDb wants an English comment, so I'll post the German version in the forum.Dieter Bohlen and his Ex-Wifes/Partners are a center of popular trash culture in Germany, where mediocre "artists" rule the headlines with their (sex)scandals and other self made "news". Just imagine kind of Ozzy Osborn divorcing from Paris-Hilton, and they publish every detail for years in talk shows, and write memoirs and finally their is a animated movie about these stories...You see it's supposed to be the climax of modern TV-Crap.I just zapped into the middle of the screening on TV and was very negative in advance. But then I found out I was laughing and giggling and never bored till the end. It's highly cynical and funny drawn and I'd love to see it again! The main reasons why most comments and ratings are negative is because people can't accept these trashy circumstances.But _without_ prejudices it's simply good entertainment!UPDATE: I just saw it completely, and I have to correct my rating from 8 to 7, the first 50% are not as funny as the second part.

Did you know Dieter Bohlen? No? Congatulations! It is really better so ;-) Here in Germany he was very popular. Co-founder of the group "Modern Talking" in the 80s. "Modern Talking" is fortunately almost forgotten today, but Dieter Bohlen was still on TV, mostly in the annoying and superfluous game-shows "Deutschland sucht den Superstar", a show, in which (mostly) talentless boys and girls trying to became the great pop-star of tomorrow. Bohlen had no talent too, but he earned very much money with this absence of real talent during the 80s with sterile and artificial pop-songs. I think, this money turned him into a conceited show off. But Dieter's star is falling: This movie was intended to get a theatrical release, but after Bohlens new book about his life and career turned out as a flop, the movie was put aside and i think, a lot of people that was involved, tried to pretend that it did not exist. You may guess now, that i don't like Dieter Bohlen? Yes! You're got it right!!So, when "Dieter - Der Film" was aired the other day here in Germany, i was not really eager to see it, but there was nothing better to find on the other TV-channels too . So, what now? Putting "The life of Brian" in the DVD-player again, or try "Dieter - Der Film"? I tried "Dieter...". And... i was positively surprised: It was not really bad at all. It is a animated movie that parody Dieter Bohlens career during the last 15-20 years. And it was fulfilled with a lot of gags. Not very subtle gags, it contains a lot of the "good old fashioned mayhem" that we know from Tex Avery and others. For example the many wives of Dieter, the most known are "Naddel" and Verona Feldbusch comes up here too... sometimes with breasts that have a atomic radiation label on it. Or Bohlen's partner, Thomas Anders, depicted as a very gay guy. Some funny spoofs of other movies are in it too: "Terminator", "The Lion King" and "Titanic" i have already reported to the IMDb. Another spoof of "Jurassic Park" comes up, when Anders girlfriend Nora entering the screen for the first time: The camera get a close up of a glass of water on the table, your hear the WOMMM....WOMMM...of her steps...and see the water surface vibrating... and, yes, Rambo appears as a guest-star too... Not all gags are of the first class, but looking the film, probably together with your friends and a accordingly amount of cool beer near your couch, is not wrong at all.