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Erkan & Stefan

Deutschland 1999/2000 Spielfilm

The Bunnyguards
Washington′s scandal of the century is about to be revealed. Through his connections to the underworld and for a huge amount of money, a Hamburg publisher succeeds in getting his hands on a tape with a recording of a secret and intimate conversation between a prominent public figure and an intern. However, just prior to the big press conference, the revealing tape is accidentally exchanged with his daughter′s Japanese lessons tape; she, unknowingly, flies to Munich with the evidence in her handbag.

 


As soon as her father realizes what has happened, he tries to get the best bodyguards money can buy to protect her. However, thanks to the efforts of the German Secret Service and the CIA, both of which are eager to get their hands on the tape, Nina ends up with the two biggest goofs in town: Erkan and Stefan ... On the run from German and American agents, Erkan and Stefan unintentionally leave a path of devastation and chaos behind them. Slowly but surely the men at the secret services are convinced that they are dealing with two hardnosed pros ...

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

Credits

Director

  • Michael Herbig

Screenplay

  • Günter Knarr
  • Philipp Weinges

Director of photography

  • Stephan Schuh

Editing

  • Alexander Dittner

Music

  • Ralf Wengenmayr

Cast

  • John Friedmann
    Erkan
  • Stefan Lust
    Stefan
  • Alexandra Neldel
    Nina Eckernförde
  • Manfred Zapatka
    Verleger Eckernförde
  • Sigi Terpoorten
    Carstens
  • Tim Wilde
    Bendig
  • Luc Feit
    Melzer
  • Monika Manz
    Mutter Lust
  • Peter Rappenglück
    Horst
  • Anna Böttcher
    Bunny

Production company

  • H & V Entertainment GmbH (München-Geiselgasteig)

Producer

  • Philip Voges
  • Mischa Hofmann

Alle Credits

Director

  • Michael Herbig

Assistant director

  • Andie Kapeller
  • Sebastian Sorger

Script supervisor

  • Susanne Liebetrau

Screenplay

  • Günter Knarr
  • Philipp Weinges

Director of photography

  • Stephan Schuh

Assistant camera

  • Dario Jocić

Clapper loader

  • Matthias Boch

Steadycam operator

  • Eckhard Jansen

Optical effects

  • Armando Zeitz (VFX)
  • Stephan Trojansky
  • Thomas Zauner (VFX)

Still photography

  • Jürgen Olczyk
  • Laurent Trümper

Lighting design

  • Richard Lindl

Set design

  • Ari Hantke

Construction manager

  • Roland Leiter
  • Tomas Oberländer

Make-up artist

  • Georg Korpás
  • Scharka Vanicková

Costume design

  • Janne Birck
  • Elisabeth Weißkopf (Assistenz)

Editing

  • Alexander Dittner

Sound design

  • Chris Rebay

Sound

  • Günther Stadelmann

Sound assistant

  • Nico Schultze

Audio mixing

  • Jürgen Roth

Special effects

  • Jens Döldissen
  • Harald Rüdiger

Stunt co-ordinator

  • Mac Steinmeier

Stunts

  • Erhard Brem
  • Torsten Jerabek
  • Jürgen Klein
  • Salvatore Pascale
  • Jochen Römer
  • Giacomo Strasser
  • Matthias Werner
  • Siegfried Polap

Music

  • Ralf Wengenmayr

Conductor

  • Andreas Kirnberger

Cast

  • John Friedmann
    Erkan
  • Stefan Lust
    Stefan
  • Alexandra Neldel
    Nina Eckernförde
  • Manfred Zapatka
    Verleger Eckernförde
  • Sigi Terpoorten
    Carstens
  • Tim Wilde
    Bendig
  • Luc Feit
    Melzer
  • Monika Manz
    Mutter Lust
  • Peter Rappenglück
    Horst
  • Anna Böttcher
    Bunny
  • Marek Wlodarczyk
    Pitbull Rado
  • Joel Kirby
    Cruise
  • Errol Shaker
    Browser
  • Mac Steinmeier
    Sergant Miller
  • Charles Muhamed Huber
    Kriminalkommissar
  • Ali Khan
    Bodygard
  • Silvia Nentwig
    Frau Eckernförde
  • Herman van Ulzen
    Professor Schenker
  • Udo Weinberger
    Bundeskanzler
  • Erwin Nowak
    Seriöser Herr

Production company

  • H & V Entertainment GmbH (München-Geiselgasteig)

in association with

  • Constantin Film GmbH (München)

Producer

  • Philip Voges
  • Mischa Hofmann

Line producer

  • Philip Voges

Unit production manager

  • Uwe Reimer

Original distributor

  • Constantin Film GmbH (München)

Funding

  • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)

Shoot

    • 03.08.1999 - 17.09.1999: München
Duration:
2380 m, 87 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Digital
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.03.2000, 84511, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 20.04.2000

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Erkan & Stefan
  • Schreibvariante Erkan und Stefan

Versions

Original

Duration:
2380 m, 87 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor, Dolby Digital
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 28.03.2000, 84511, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 20.04.2000

Digitalisierte Fassung

Duration:
87 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, 5.1
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/erkan-stefan_ea43d4a6c5a15006e03053d50b37753d