At Swim-Two-Birds (1997)
2.7 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 33min
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- Synopsis:
The student Bran who lives at his uncle's maintaining a constant quarrel with the same, writes on a novel with different beginnings. For this purpose he invents the devil Pooka MacPhellimey (Johannes Friesinger), the villainous John Furriskey and the legendary Old-Irish hero Finn Mac Cool. But John Furriskey (Karl Ferdinand Kratzl) himself is the creation of another character invented by Bran called Dermot Trellis (Andreas Karner). The same Trellis, himself working on a novel, forces all the characters created by him to live in the Red Swan Hotel and do whatever he likes them to do. Bran develops an additional subplot around the devil Pooka MacPhellimey, who is visited by a Good Fairy learning from her that soon a child shall be born to Dermot Trellis at the Red Swan Hotel, a child the fairy wants to bless with her positive powers. Hearing that, Pooka as well sets off for the Red Swan Hotel to plant the seed of evil into newly-born Orlick's heart. On their ramblings through the forests Pooka and the Good Fairy meet the drovers Shorty Andrews and Slug Willard and working class poet Jem Casey (Ernst Wolzenburg). The group of four is later joined by mad King Sweeney. After a two days journey the company arrives at the Red Swan Hotel. To kill the time waiting for the child to be born, the group engages in a game of poker the outcome of which gives the narrative course an unexpected turn… - Actors:
- Andreas Sobik, Renato Uz, Andreas Karner, Johannes Friesinger, Karl Ferdinand Kratzl, Stefan Wieland, Ernst Wolzenburg, Harry Rowohlt, Werner Wultsch, Hermann Scheidleder, Andreas Lust, Kathy Tanner-Weidhofer, Nicholas Ofczarek, Wolfgang Bauer, Stefan Weber, Fritz Ostermayer, Christian Weinberger, Wolfgang Zeiser, Karin Haubert, Karl Bernsteiner
- Directors:
- Kurt Palm
- Producers:
- Markus Fischer
- Writers:
- Flann O'Brien, Kurt Palm
- Aka:
- In schwimmen-zwei-vögel
- Genres:
- Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Countries:
- Germany
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