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Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job (2000)

Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job poster
Original title
Staplerfahrer Klaus - Der erste Arbeitstag
Directed by
Jörg Wagner, Stefan Prehn
Genre
comedy film, splatter film
Country
Germany
Runtime
9 min
Rated
16
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 141 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A short film that parodies 1980s workplace safety videos. It follows Klaus on his first day as a forklift driver, where accidents happen in an extremely violent and fake-looking way.

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What happens

Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job (German: Staplerfahrer Klaus – Der erste Arbeitstag) is a German short film from 2000 about the first day of Klaus' work as a forklift driver. The film is a parody of work safety films from the 1980s. The film was written and directed by Stefan Prehn and Jörg Wagner and stars Konstantin Graudus as the title role of Klaus. The narration was provided by Egon Hoegen, whose voice was well known in Germany from numerous road safety films. The film quickly became famous, thanks in part to its splatter film violence, which fans regard as comical due to its extreme and obviously fake nature. The film received several awards and was made available on DVD by Anolis Entertainment in 2003, dubbed in English, French, and Spanish. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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