Absolute Giganten

Absolute Giganten is a 1999 German comedy drama film written and directed by Sebastian Schipper, produced by Stefan Arndt and Tom Tykwer. Set in Hamburg, it depicts how a group of young Germans react to the prospect of one of them leaving forever, and involves drinking, V8 engines, and an extraordinary game of table football.

Absolute Giganten
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Directed by	Sebastian Schipper
Written by	Sebastian Schipper
Produced by	Stefan Arndt Tom Tykwer
Starring	Frank Giering Florian Lukas
Cinematography	Frank Griebe
Edited by	Andrew Bird
Music by	The Notwist, Sophia and others
Distributed by	X-Filme Creative Pool
Release date	30 September 1999 (1999-09-30) (Germany)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

It was Schipper's first movie as a director. In the year 2000 the movie won the German Film Award in the category Outstanding Feature Film.

Cast

• Frank Giering as Floyd
• Florian Lukas as Ricco
• Antoine Monot, Jr. as Walter
• Julia Hummer as Telsa
• Jochen Nickel as Snake
• Albert Kitzl as Elvis
• Guido A. Schick as Dulle
• Silvana Bosi as Walter's Grandma

Reception

The film was generally well-received by German critics. The American film critic Eric D. Snider wrote that the film "has the sort of world-weary, melancholy bleakness we've come to expect from that country, while at the same time infusing energy and vigor into filmmaking as an art form. This is a pitifully touching film, uplifting for its intrinsic beauty even while evoking sadness for the characters."

External links

• Absolute Giganten at IMDb
• Absolute Giganten at AllMovie