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{{Infobox film
{{Italic title}}''' ''Kokowääh'' ''' is a German film directed by its leading actor [[Til Schweiger]]. It was released in [[German language|German]]-speaking countries on 2011 February 3.<ref>[http://www.moviesplanet.com/movies/361535/kokowaah MoviesPlanet site for ''Kokowääh''] (accessed 2011-02-22).</ref>
| name = Kokowääh
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| director = [[Til Schweiger]]
| producer = Béla Jarzyk <br> Til Schweiger <br> Thomas Zickler
| writer = Béla Jarzyk <br> Til Schweiger
| screenplay =
| story =
| based on =
| starring = Til Schweiger <br> [[Emma Tiger Schweiger]] <br> [[Jasmin Gerat]] <br> Samuel Finzi
| music = Dirk Reichdardt <br> Mirko Schaffer <br> Martin Todsharow
| cinematography = Christoph Wahl
| editing = Constantin von Seld
| studio = Barefoot Films
| distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
| released = {{film date|2011|02|03|df=y}}
| runtime = 126 minutes
| country = {{Film Germany}}
| language = German
| budget = €5,650,000 <small>(estimated)</small>
| gross =
}}
'''''Kokowääh''''' is a [[2011 in film|2011]] [[Cinema of Germany|German]] film directed by [[Til Schweiger]]. It was released in [[German language|German]]–speaking countries ([[Germany]], [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]]) on 3 February 2011.<ref name="movieplanet">{{cite news|url=http://www.moviesplanet.com/movies/361535/kokowaah |title=Kokowääh |accessdate=22 February 2011 |date=3 February 2011 |work=MoviePlanet.com}}</ref> The film stars Til Schweiger, his daughter [[Emma Tiger Schweiger]], [[Jasmin Gerat]] and Samuel Finzi. Another Schweiger's daughter, [[Luna Schweiger]], also makes a small appearance in the film. The title ''Kokowääh'' shows the way a German who cannot speak [[French language]] might attemtp to say "coq au vin", which means "chicken in winesauce".<ref name="imdb">{{cite news|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700258/ |title=''Kokowääh'' |work=[[Internet Movie Database]] |accessdate=21 February 2011}}</ref>


== Plot summary ==
The film is a [[comedy]]. The plot concerns the travails of an established author of fiction who must deal with the emergence of his 8-year-old natural daughter ([[Emma Tiger Schweiger]]), the previously unknown product of a one-night indiscretion in [[Stockholm, Sweden|Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite news
''Kokowääh'' is set in [[Berlin]] and [[Potsdam]], [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]].<ref name="imdb1">{{cite news|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700258/locations |title=Film locations for Kokowääh |accessdate=8 October 2011 |work=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref> The plot concerns the travails of Henry ([[Til Schweiger]]), an established author of fiction, who must deal with the emergence of his 8–year–old natural daughter Magdalena ([[Emma Tiger Schweiger]]), the previously unknown product of a [[one-night-stand|one–night indiscretion]] in [[Stockholm, Sweden|Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite news
|first = Hannah
|first=Hannah |last=Pilarczyk |title=Til-Schweiger-Satire: Die Vorgeschichte von "Kokowääh" |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |date=3 February 2011 |accessdate=5 February 2011 |url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/0,1518,743267,00.html |language=German}}</ref> In the meantime, he is also working on adaptating of a famous best–selling novel and reconciling with his ex–girlfriend Katharina ([[Jasmin Gerat]]), with whom he is working on the adaptation. Little Magdalena, still in the state of shock, loves her foster father Tristan (Samuel Finzi) more than the biological one. Throughout the film, Henry and Magdalena build a close relationship, which he eventually describes in his script "Kokowääh".
|last = Pilarczyk
|title = Til-Schweiger-Satire: Die Vorgeschichte von "Kokowääh"
|newspaper = Der Spiegel
|date = 2011-02-03
|accessdate = 2011-02-05
|url = http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/0,1518,743267,00.html
}} (in German).</ref>


== Cast ==
The title is the way a German who cannot speak French might attempt to say ''coq au vin'' (chicken in winesauce).<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700258/ ''Kokowääh'' on Internet Movie Data Base] (accessed 2011-02-21).</ref>
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
* [[Til Schweiger]] as Henry
* [[Emma Tiger Schweiger]] as Magdalena
* [[Jasmin Gerat]] as Katharina
* Samuel Finzi as Tristan
* Numan Açar as the worker
* [[Meret Becker]] as Charlotte
* Anne-Sophie Briest as the mother in the supermarket
* Anna Julia Kapfelsperger as Bine
* Friederike Kempter as the agent
* Torsten Künstler as the courier
* Miranda Leonhardt as Maria
* [[Misel Maticevic]] as Rob Kaufmann
{{col-2}}
* Genoveva Mayer as the woman in the bar
* [[Sönke Möhring]] as the policeman
* Jessica Richter as Esther
* [[Luna Schweiger]] as the daughter in the supermarket
* [[Katharina Thalbach]] as the patient
* Sanny Van Heteren as Christiane
* Johann von Bülow as the firefighter
* Richard von Groeling as Rashid
* Jahmar Walker as the "Chap"
* [[Ulrich Wickert]] as the newscaster
* [[Birthe Wolter]] as the receptionist
* Fahri Ogün Yardım as the pizza guy
{{col-end}}


==References==
== Production ==
''Kokowääh'' was filmed in [[Berlin]] and [[Potsdam]], [[Brandenburg]], [[Germany]],<ref name="imdb1"/> from 21 July to 13 September 2011. The budget was estimated to be [[€]]5,650,000.<ref name="imdb2">{{cite news|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700258/business |title=Box office / business for Kokowääh |accessdate=8 October 2011 |work=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref> The director and lead actor [[Til Schweiger]] and Béla Jarzyk, who also produced the film, wrote the script in a Turkish hotel in Berlin.<ref name="imdb3">{{cite news|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700258/trivia |title=Trivia for Kokowääh |work=[[Internet Movie Database]] |accessdate=8 October 2011}}</ref>

== Critical reception ==
''Kokowääh'' received the Golden Screen Award, which is given to all films that are seen by more than 3million viewers.<ref name="goldenscreen">{{cite news|url=http://www.filmecho.de/goldene_leinwand/inhalt/363-Kokowaeaeh/ |title=Goldene Leinwand 2011 – Kokowääh |date=26 February 2011 |accessdate=8 October 2011 |language=German |work=www.filmecho.de}}</ref> It was the most successful film in Germany in the first half of 2011.<ref name=fh11">{{cite news|work=[[Rheinische Post]] |date=23 August 2011 |accessdate=8 October 2011}}</ref> The film itself received generally good to mixed reviews. Andreas Scheiner of the ''[[Die Zeit]]'' found the film "light and entertaining", though he added it "lacked depth".<ref name="diezeit">{{cite news|http://www.zeit.de/kultur/film/2011-01/film-kokowaeaeh |language=German |title=Kino wie Nachtisch |first=Andreas |last=Scheiner |work=[[Die Zeit]] |accessdate=8 October 2011 |date=31 January 2011}}</ref>. Dieter Oßwald of the Programmkino.de praised the film as a "strong–point Papi–comedy".<ref name="programmkino">{{cite news|url=http://www.programmkino.de/cms/links.php?link=1450 |title=Kokowääh |first=Dieter |last=Oßwald |date=31 January 2011 |accessdate=8 October 2011 |language=German |work=Programmkino.de}}</ref> Andrea Butz of the WDR2, however, criticized the film for "one–dimensional leaps and drawn characters".<ref name="wdr2">{{cite news|language=German |url=http://www.wdr2.de/kultur/kino/kokowaeaeh100.html |title=Plädoyer für Patchworkfamilien |date=3 February 2011 |accessdate=8 October 2011 |first=Andrea |last=Butz |work=WDR2}}</ref> Jan Füchtjohann of the ''Süddeutschen Zeitung'' also criticized ''Kokowääh'', writing it showed "over long distances like a commercial for yogurt".<ref name="sz">{{cite news|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/im-kino-kokowaeaeh-daunenfedern-im-gegenlicht-1.1056300 |title=Daunenfedern im Gegenlicht |date=7 February 2011 |language=German |accessdate=8 October 2011 |first=Jan |last=Füchtjohann |work=Süddeutschen Zeitung}}</ref>

== Other media ==
=== Music ===
The soundtrack album for ''Kokowääh'' was released on 4 February 2011 on the [[iTunes]]<ref name="itunesmusic">{{cite news|url=http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/kokowaah-original-motion-picture/id414453297 |title=Kokowääh (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Deluxe Edition) |work=[[iTunes]] |date=4 February 2011 |accessdate=8 October 2011}}</ref> and the [[Amazon.com]]<ref name="amazon">{{cite news|url=http://www.amazon.de/Kokow%C3%A4%C3%A4h-Limitierte-Digipack-Version-Bonuscontent/dp/B004D6VCEU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1293045170&sr=1-2 |title=Kokowääh (Limitierte Digipack Version inkl. Bonuscontent) |language=German |date=4 February 2011 |accessdate=8 October 2011 |work=[[Amazon.com]]}}</ref> through [[Sony Music]]. The lead single "[[Stay (Hurts song)|Stay]]" by British [[synthpop]] band [[Hurts]] was released on 4 February in Germany, reaching number three at the [[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]] and achieving [[Music recording sales certification|Gold certification]].<ref name="germansingles">{{cite news|url=http://www.charts.de/song.asp?artist=Hurts&title=Stay&cat=s&country=de |title=Hurts, Stay |work=[[Media Control Chart]] |accessdate=8 October 2011}}</ref> The music video for "Stay" has two versions, the regular one and the one that features parts from ''Kokowääh''.

=== Home media ===
''Kokowääh'' was released on both [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] on 19 August 2011<ref name="official">{{cite news|url=http://wwws.warnerbros.de/kokowaa/ |title=Official Website |language=German |work=[[Warner Bros. Pictures]] |date=19 August 2011 |accessdate=8 October 2011}}</ref> on the [[iTunes]]<ref name="itunesfilm">{{cite news|url=http://itunes.apple.com/de/movie/kokowaah/id449002574 |title=Kokowääh |language=German |date=19 August 2011 |accessdate=8 October 2011 |work=[[iTunes]]}}</ref> and the [[Amazon.com]].<ref name="amazonfilm>{{cite news|url=http://www.amazon.de/Kokow%C3%A4%C3%A4h-Emma-Tiger-Schweiger/dp/B004N6244M/ref=pd_sim_m5 |title=Kokowääh |date=19 August 2011 |work=[[Amazon.com]] |date=German |accessdate=8 October 2011}}</ref>
== Release dates ==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Release date
! Title
! Notes
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]]
| 3 February 2011
| ''Kokowääh''
|
|-
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Austria]]
| 3 February 2011
| ''Kokowääh''
|
|-
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland]]
| 3 February 2011
| ''Kokowääh''
|
|-
| {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Luxembourg]]
| 5 February 2011
| ''Kokowääh''
|
|-
| {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Kazakhstan]]
| 8 September 2011
| ''Kokowääh''
|
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]]
| 8 September 2011
| ''Соблазнитель''
|
|-
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Belarus]]
| 15 September 2011
| ''Kokowääh''
|
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://wwws.warnerbros.de/kokowaa/ Official Website]
* {{imdb title|1700258|Kokowääh}}


{{Til Schweiger}}
{{Til Schweiger}}

Revision as of 13:11, 8 October 2011

Kokowääh
Directed byTil Schweiger
Written byBéla Jarzyk
Til Schweiger
Produced byBéla Jarzyk
Til Schweiger
Thomas Zickler
StarringTil Schweiger
Emma Tiger Schweiger
Jasmin Gerat
Samuel Finzi
CinematographyChristoph Wahl
Edited byConstantin von Seld
Music byDirk Reichdardt
Mirko Schaffer
Martin Todsharow
Production
company
Barefoot Films
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • 3 February 2011 (2011-02-03)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryTemplate:Film Germany
LanguageGerman
Budget€5,650,000 (estimated)

Kokowääh is a 2011 German film directed by Til Schweiger. It was released in German–speaking countries (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) on 3 February 2011.[1] The film stars Til Schweiger, his daughter Emma Tiger Schweiger, Jasmin Gerat and Samuel Finzi. Another Schweiger's daughter, Luna Schweiger, also makes a small appearance in the film. The title Kokowääh shows the way a German who cannot speak French language might attemtp to say "coq au vin", which means "chicken in winesauce".[2]

Plot summary

Kokowääh is set in Berlin and Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.[3] The plot concerns the travails of Henry (Til Schweiger), an established author of fiction, who must deal with the emergence of his 8–year–old natural daughter Magdalena (Emma Tiger Schweiger), the previously unknown product of a one–night indiscretion in Stockholm.[4] In the meantime, he is also working on adaptating of a famous best–selling novel and reconciling with his ex–girlfriend Katharina (Jasmin Gerat), with whom he is working on the adaptation. Little Magdalena, still in the state of shock, loves her foster father Tristan (Samuel Finzi) more than the biological one. Throughout the film, Henry and Magdalena build a close relationship, which he eventually describes in his script "Kokowääh".

Cast

Production

Kokowääh was filmed in Berlin and Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany,[3] from 21 July to 13 September 2011. The budget was estimated to be €5,650,000.[5] The director and lead actor Til Schweiger and Béla Jarzyk, who also produced the film, wrote the script in a Turkish hotel in Berlin.[6]

Critical reception

Kokowääh received the Golden Screen Award, which is given to all films that are seen by more than 3million viewers.[7] It was the most successful film in Germany in the first half of 2011.[8] The film itself received generally good to mixed reviews. Andreas Scheiner of the Die Zeit found the film "light and entertaining", though he added it "lacked depth".[9]. Dieter Oßwald of the Programmkino.de praised the film as a "strong–point Papi–comedy".[10] Andrea Butz of the WDR2, however, criticized the film for "one–dimensional leaps and drawn characters".[11] Jan Füchtjohann of the Süddeutschen Zeitung also criticized Kokowääh, writing it showed "over long distances like a commercial for yogurt".[12]

Other media

Music

The soundtrack album for Kokowääh was released on 4 February 2011 on the iTunes[13] and the Amazon.com[14] through Sony Music. The lead single "Stay" by British synthpop band Hurts was released on 4 February in Germany, reaching number three at the German Singles Chart and achieving Gold certification.[15] The music video for "Stay" has two versions, the regular one and the one that features parts from Kokowääh.

Home media

Kokowääh was released on both DVD and Blu-ray on 19 August 2011[16] on the iTunes[17] and the Amazon.com.[18]

Release dates

Country Release date Title Notes
Germany Germany 3 February 2011 Kokowääh
Austria Austria 3 February 2011 Kokowääh
Switzerland Switzerland 3 February 2011 Kokowääh
Luxembourg Luxembourg 5 February 2011 Kokowääh
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 8 September 2011 Kokowääh
Russia Russia 8 September 2011 Соблазнитель
Belarus Belarus 15 September 2011 Kokowääh

References

  1. ^ "Kokowääh". MoviePlanet.com. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Kokowääh". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Film locations for Kokowääh". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  4. ^ Pilarczyk, Hannah (3 February 2011). "Til-Schweiger-Satire: Die Vorgeschichte von "Kokowääh"". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Box office / business for Kokowääh". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Trivia for Kokowääh". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Goldene Leinwand 2011 – Kokowääh". www.filmecho.de (in German). 26 February 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  8. ^ Rheinische Post. 23 August 2011. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ Scheiner, Andreas (31 January 2011). "Kino wie Nachtisch". Die Zeit (in German). {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Text "http://www.zeit.de/kultur/film/2011-01/film-kokowaeaeh" ignored (help)
  10. ^ Oßwald, Dieter (31 January 2011). "Kokowääh". Programmkino.de (in German). Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  11. ^ Butz, Andrea (3 February 2011). "Plädoyer für Patchworkfamilien". WDR2 (in German). Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  12. ^ Füchtjohann, Jan (7 February 2011). "Daunenfedern im Gegenlicht". Süddeutschen Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  13. ^ "Kokowääh (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Deluxe Edition)". iTunes. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  14. ^ "Kokowääh (Limitierte Digipack Version inkl. Bonuscontent)". Amazon.com (in German). 4 February 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  15. ^ "Hurts, Stay". Media Control Chart. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  16. ^ "Official Website". Warner Bros. Pictures (in German). 19 August 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  17. ^ "Kokowääh". iTunes (in German). 19 August 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  18. ^ "Kokowääh". Amazon.com. German. Retrieved 8 October 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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