Hell on Wheels (2004)
- Original title
- Höllentour
- Directed by
- Pepe Danquart
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows German cyclists Erik Zabel and Rolf Aldag during the 2003 Tour de France. It shows the physical strain, team dynamics, and behind-the-scenes reality of the race.
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What happens
Höllentour (literally meaning "Hell Tour") is a 2004 German film. The US release (with English subtitles) was titled Hell on Wheels. The film is a record of the 100th anniversary Tour de France in 2003 from the perspective of Germany's Team Telekom, focusing on riders Erik Zabel and Rolf Aldag. The film is directed by Pepe Danquart who won an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in 1993 for Black Rider (Schwarzfahrer). In 2004, Mona Bräuer won a German Film Critics Award for Best Editing (Bester Schnitt). Subsequent to the making of the documentary, several of the Telekom cyclists involved, including Zabel and Aldag, either confessed to illegal doping to enhance performance or were caught doing so, which drew more interest to the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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