The Roaring Fifties (1983)

Original title

Die wilden Fünfziger

Directed by

Peter Zadek

Genre

comedy film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 06m

Rating

3.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows characters living through West Germany's economic boom in the 1950s. It is a comedy about the excesses and absurdities of that era.

satiricalnostalgicfast-pacedabsurdlightheartedplayfulchaotic

What happens

The Roaring Fifties (German: Die wilden Fünfziger) is a 1983 West German comedy film directed by Peter Zadek and starring Juraj Kukura, Boy Gobert and Peter Kern. It is based on the novel Hurra, wir leben noch by Johannes Mario Simmel. It is set around the German Wirtschaftswunder economic miracle of the 1950s, with the title alluding to the Roaring Twenties. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location at Neuschwanstein Castle. The sets were designed by the art directors Herbert Strabel and Rolf Zehetbauer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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