Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- absurdist
- irreverent
- surreal
- cult movie night
- late night viewing
What sets it apart
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00 Schneider returns from retirement to pursue the mad art collector Nihil Baxter through an intentionally illogical investigation.
Helge Schneider portrays 00 Schneider, Nihil Baxter, Professor Hasenbein, and Johnny Flash.
The film uses a retired detective, a lunatic collector, and exaggerated comic personas to parody respectable crime-film conventions.
The ensemble of highly stylized figures, including Körschgen and the collector Baxter, creates a deliberately strange screen world.
Films like 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter, and why
The Naked Gun
absurdist detective comedy with deliberately eccentric performances and anti-bourgeois humor
The Big Lebowski
deadpan crime parody driven by grotesque characters, visual gags, and comic investigation
Brazil
surreal, anarchic comedy that treats genre conventions as material for playful disruption
Movie Details
- Directors
- Christoph Schlingensief, Helge Schneider
- Release Date
- 1994-12-21
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (59)
Cast
- Helge Schneider
- Helmut Körschgen
- Andreas Kunze
- Otto Van den Berg
- Guenther Kordas
- Hotte Reichlich
- Charlie Weiss
- Tim Janssen
- Eva Kurowski
- Werner Abrolat
Common questions
- What is 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter about?
- A retired detective is dragged back into service for an anarchic pursuit of a deranged art collector in Helge Schneider’s singular German crime parody.
- What is 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter as mild.
- Which films are like 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter?
- Films with a similar feel include The Naked Gun, The Big Lebowski, and Brazil.
- How long is 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter?
- 00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter runs 92 minutes.
