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Absolute Giganten
DVD cover
Directed bySebastian Schipper
Written bySebastian Schipper
Produced byStefan Arndt
Tom Tykwer
StarringFrank Giering
Florian Lukas
CinematographyFrank Griebe
Edited byAndrew Bird
Music byThe Notwist, Sophia and others
Distributed byX-Filme Creative Pool
Release date
1999 (Germany)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Absolute Giganten is a 1999 German language film written and directed by Sebastian Schipper, produced by Stefan Arndt and Tom Tykwer. Set in Hamburg, it depicts how a group of young Germans react to the prospect of one of them leaving forever, and involves drink, V8 engines, and an extraordinary game of table football.

It was Schipper's first movie as a director. In the year 2000 the movie won the German Film Award in the category Outstanding Feature Film.

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