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Two Strange Characters (1989) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 22, 1989

Original Title:
Zwei schräge Vögel

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
DEFA
Gruppe "Johannisthal"

Production Countries:
East Germany | Germany

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 104

Overview from TheMovieDB

Frank and Kamminke study informatics in Leipzig and have developed a program that enables a computer to automatically find and correct errors in its software. Freshly graduated, they are relocated to a remote Thuringian village after causing a computer breakdown. There, they are supposed to work in a small company that has no clue of economic management. The rather helpful computer system from West Germany plainly lacks compatible software. But Frank and Kamminke are not allowed to work with the hardware, although it is them who could make most out of the complex system. Eventually, and with the help of consultant Petra whom both are in love with, they break into the system control room on New Year′s Eve and start up the computer with their special program.

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Production

Animation:
Tony Loeser
Angela Kern
Heiko Ebert
Frank Wittstock
Wolfgang Chevalier
Siegfried Wunsch

Assistant Camera:
Wolfgang Kroffke
Siegfried Skoluda

Assistant Director:
Ulrich Kanakowski

Construction Coordinator:
Jochen Hamann
Peter Zakrzewski

Costume Design:
Werner Bergemann

Director:
Erwin Stranka

Director of Photography:
Helmut Bergmann

Dramaturgy:
Andreas Scheinert

Editor:
Eva-Maria Schumann

Gaffer:
Peter Meister

Makeup Artist:
Monika Mörke
Harald Jahn

Music:
Karl-Ernst Sasse
Tamás Kahane

Producer:
Uwe Kraft

Production Design:
Heinz Röske

Production Manager:
Eberhard Schulze
Peter Schlaak

Scenario Writer:
Diethardt Schneider

Screenplay:
Erwin Stranka

Sound:
Klaus Tolstorf

Sound Mixer:
Konrad Walle

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Winfriede Müller
Andrea Bösl

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