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Blutzbrüdaz

Blutzbrudaz

Movie · 2011 · 15 people

German slang for blood brothers gives Blutzbrüdaz, a German musical comedy, its title. Made in 2011 by the German-Turkish director Özgür Yıldırım, it tells a friendship story from inside the hip-hop world and runs about 95 minutes. Its leads, Sido and B-Tight, are rappers in real life. The film was released on 29 December 2011; it split critics sharply, yet reached around 530,000 viewers and placed among the year's twenty most successful German productions. It was nominated at the 2012 New Faces Awards.

The story is set in Berlin and centres on two musicians, Otis and Eddy, played by Sido and B-Tight. A sudden breakthrough in the music business puts their friendship under severe strain. Milton Welsh, Claudia Eisinger, Tim Wilde and Alwara Höfels appear alongside the rappers Alpa Gun, Florian Renner, Liquit Walker, G-Fu and Tony D.

Nicholas J. Schofield and Jan Ehlert wrote the script. Constantin Film and Corazón International made the film with MOOVIE and SevenPictures Film, under the leadership of Fatih Akın, Oliver Berben and Klaus Maeck. Shooting ran from February to April 2011 in Berlin. The soundtrack album, Blutzbrüdaz – die Mukke zum Film, came out on 2 December 2011, a few weeks before the film.

DirectorÖzgür Yıldırım
Production companyConstantin Film, Corazón International, MOOVIE, SevenPictures Film

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Alp Gün Alp Gün Actor · 46 years old Sido B-Tight Tim Wilde Milton Welsh Damion Davis Claudia Eisinger Alwara Höfels Tony D DJ Desue Liquit Walker Patrice Bouédibéla Holger Speckhahn Jessica McIntyre Timo Dierkes

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Casting real rappers in the leads is a familiar move in this genre: you gain authenticity, but the weight of the dramatic scenes rests on shakier ground than it would with professional actors. In my view that balance is one reason the film split critics so sharply. A sudden breakthrough testing a friendship is one of the oldest templates in music films, and whether the script adds anything new to it is debatable. On the other hand, at about 95 minutes it is a tidy piece of work, and shooting in Berlin gives the scene a real sense of place. Whether it rises above the formula depends largely on how close the viewer already is to hip-hop.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Directed by the German-Turkish filmmaker Özgür Yıldırım, with Fatih Akın among its producers and rappers such as Alpa Gun in the cast, the film can be read as a small document of Germany's multicultural music scene. The question at the heart of the story is really one of class: how do sudden success and the money that comes with it change the bond between two friends who started out together? Reaching around 530,000 viewers and ranking among the year's twenty most successful German productions shows that this world interests a mainstream audience too.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

It could be a fun pick for teenagers who love hip-hop; it is a story about friendship and the price of success. But since it is set in the rap world, keep in mind that the language and some scenes may not suit young children. In my view it is better watched with high-school-age teens or adults. It is in German, so you may need subtitles.

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