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

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

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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