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Der Gründer (2012)

Der Gründer poster
Directed by
Eric Dean Hordes
Genre
science fiction film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
16
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A satirical trash comedy about a man who starts a television channel and uses an alien to build a cult around it.

satiricalcampygoofyunseriousabsurdlow-budgetparodicfast-paced

What happens

Der Gründer (The Founder) is a 2012 German satirical trash comedy film and the directorial debut of Eric Hordes. The work had its premiere on 21 December 2012 as a “doomsday premiere” in Berlin’s Kino Babylon. The film was released by Turbine Media Group on DVD and on streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The film parodies the story of Thomas G. Hornauer, creator of Kanal Telemedial, who creates a sect with the help of an alien. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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