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Well as I was afraid the German dubbing was infame! Now in the original language most of the pain, if not all is gone.
What is left is an intimate comedy, fitting perfectly well the small screen, maybe better than on the silver big one.
The music quite jazzy support the action in a loyal way.
A nice little film, predictable but still worth a second look.
I did and I did not regret it.

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Even better than listening in German is turning the video display off. - PdL 04:28:56 04/28/05 (0)
Then you won't be submitted to the predictable plot and uninteresting characters.
An all too rare film in which performance and - tinear 14:45:36 04/27/05 (8)
dialogue are excellent. It isn't just a "road" movie, either, tackling as it does the difficult topics of friendship, divorce, and... wine!
- Re: An all too rare film in which performance and - Victor Khomenko 19:24:58 04/27/05 (7)
  Maybe you, Patrick and I should get on a Trans-Siberian train, and do a railroad movie about tasting local vodka's?
  I mean... the train takes about nine days to get from Moscow to Vladivostok... plenty of time to learn the subject and each other's body smell.
  You can always buy cooked potatos from the local babushkas, and some pickled herring.
  What more could one need?
  Ah, the camera!
  - Re: An all too rare film in which performance and - patrickU 01:02:49 04/28/05 (6)
    On the longest railroad of the world, we better have plenty of vodka, no problems with the potatoes and herring.
    But what about " le parfum des femmes? "...
    - Re: An all too rare film in which performance and - Victor Khomenko 06:06:03 04/28/05 (3)
      Maybe being without a female company for a few days would do some good to all of us? You know... defeminization is sometimes good thing.
      But I would like to see someone make an interesting film out of such a journey - as there is literally nothing besides the endless boring landscape there with few villages here and there. And perhaps the worst time to take such a trip would be late fall, when trees are bare, and there is mud and melting snow everywhere, with the heart wrenching sight of a single antiquated looking truck trying to make it through some local "road", stuck all the way up to its engine.
      That landscape redefines the word "desolate".
      I read the comment of one German WWII general on Russian environment... during the nasty spring of 42 he wrote about the difficulties the Germans were having. His justification - The Russian General Frost has just been replaced by General Mud, and that made any offensive operation simply impossible.
      - Re: An all too rare film in which performance and - patrickU 07:10:37 04/28/05 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Re: An all too rare film in which performance and posted by Victor Khomenko on April 28, 2005 at 06:06:03:
        
        Yes that is the classical German explanation why the get stuck in Russia. But curiously Hitler knew the problem before it actually happen.
        No doubt, we need a " red district " on the train. You may be live without. Not I...
        When you will see my happy face, you�ll join, no doubt.
        We could use Tin for the experiences of having no women....
        
        And be aware of General AIDS - Victor Khomenko 07:26:56 04/28/05 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: An all too rare film in which performance and posted by patrickU on April 28, 2005 at 07:10:37:
        
        AIDS is growing very fast in Russia these days.
        ***We could use Tin for the experiences of having no women....
        That would be OK with my, but just don't also invite AuPh - in that part of the world people have never seen faux leather pants - they will think an alien has landed to free them from the grip of Putin, and cling to him, destroying the delicate finish with their rough peasant's hands.
        Plus... that habit of his, the one of drinking Merlot out of a whiskey tumbler... how could anyone share a compartment with such a person?
        
        Re: And be aware of General AIDS - patrickU 07:53:32 04/28/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: And be aware of General AIDS posted by Victor Khomenko on April 28, 2005 at 07:26:56:
        
        In my railroad wagon there is of course no place for AIDS...Just a bunch of 100% virginal beauties...
        I ask you to think twice as far as an invitation for an possible invitation for AuPh, he could hold up all the pederastes when he put his little something on? So we could concentrate on the important things...
        I wonder if he will....come....Maybe he LOVES Brutal Hands?
    - But what about " le parfum des femmes? "... After nine days in a closed wagon, that migh be too much of a good thing... - orejones 02:56:24 04/28/05 (1)
      - Re: That is true...But would you smell them when you eat herrings? - patrickU 07:11:53 04/28/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: But what about " le parfum des femmes? "... After nine days in a closed wagon, that migh be too much of a good thing... posted by orejones on April 28, 2005 at 02:56:24:
        
        I bet you would not....

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