- Goldene Zeiten
Infobox Film
name = Goldene Zeiten
director = Peter Thorwarth
producer = Christian Becker
Benjamin Herrmann
writer = Peter Thorwarth
Alexander M. Rümelin
starring =Dirk Benedict
Wotan Wilke MöhringWolf Roth Alexandra Neldel Ralf Richter
music =Kraans de Lutin
cinematography = Jan Fehsel
editing = Anja Pohl
runtime = 129 min.
country =Germany
language = German
preceded_by = Bang Boom Bang (1999)
Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht (2002) (Unna-Trilogy)
website = http://www.goldenezeiten-derfilm.de
imdb_id = 0418657"Goldene Zeiten" is a German film released in 2006. It is the last film in director Peter Torwarth's trilogy of films set in his hometown
Unna , and was preceded by "Bang Boom Bang" (1999) and "Was nicht passt wird passend gemacht" (2006). Noted for starringDirk Benedict , whose fame to date in Germany is based on the popularity of the TV series "The A-Team ", "Goldene Zeiten" did not meet the box office expectations with less than 100,000 viewers in German cinemas ("Bang Boom Bang" attracted 460,000, "Was nicht passt wird passend gemacht" 670,000). The film was released on DVD on October 26, 2006, both as a Single DVD and Double DVD Special Edition.Dirk Benedict appears in a double role as former TV celebrity Douglas Burnett, whose vanishing fame is based on his role as the lead character in fictitious 1980s TV series "John Striker", and as his GermanDoppelgänger Horst Müller who makes a living on impersonating Burnett at shop openings. Burnett is supposed to appear at a charity event at a local golf club, but event manager Ingo Schmitz hires the more affordable Müller instead, planning to split the pay between them. This replacement goes unnoticed by club president Jürgen Matthies whose true intentions regarding the golf club are anything but charitable. When his wife hires two Uzbek contract killers to take revenge on her adulterous husband, the situation gets out of hand eventually.External links
*imdb title|id=0418657|title=Goldene Zeiten
* [http://www.goldenezeiten-derfilm.de/ The "Goldene Zeiten" official web site]
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldene_Zeiten Wikipedia sister page in German]
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