comedy
Street integration test: German Youtube hit Tedros Teclebrhan
He hasn’t hit his wife for more than two months now, has never heard of the fall of a certain wall and thinks the chancellor before ‘Angelo Merte’ was Hitler... Within two weeks, the video of the man with the blond mustache became a German web hit. Over 5.5 million people have already clicked on it the promotional video, thinking the actor was a real migrant and thus not noticing the mirror being held up to German integration policy
Film review: terrorist comedy ‘Four Lions’ by Chris Morris
The Brit’s satirical debut feature film follows a group of jihadists from the northern city of Sheffield, struggling to make an impact. To coincide with its final European release dates, another reflection on how and why Morris pokes fun at the delicate issue just five years after the 7/7 bombings
comedy, london, great-britain, cinema, islamic terrorism, film review, jihad
Europe's fictional politicians
Horst Schlämmer is to Germany what Brüno is to Austria. Yet while the candid fashionista can be seen grinning down from billboards across Europe, his German counterpart is happy to keep a lower profile
comedy, cinema, elections, angela merkel, germany, journalism, hape kerkeling
Film review Austria: The Bone Man is rootsy, rank and riotous
The world premiere of Der Knochenmann took place at the Berlin film festival on 9 February. The bittersweet crime caper, starring the unfortunate private detective Simon Brenner, provides an in-depth insight into rural Austria and its relationship with its European neighbours east of the Danube. In the Alpine republic, Brenner is something of a folk hero. Here’s why
comedy, austria, vienna, cinema, film review, film, berlinale
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