Absolute Giganten
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Absolute Giganten is a 1999 German language film, directed by Sebastian Schipper. Set in Hamburg
, it depicts how a group of young Germans react to the prospect of one of them leaving for ever, 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.
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, it depicts how a group of young Germans react to the prospect of one of them leaving for ever, 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
Deutscher Filmpreis
The Deutscher Filmpreis is the highest German movie award. From 1951 to 2004 it was awarded by a commission, since 2005 the award has been given by the Deutsche Filmakademie...
in the category Outstanding Feature Film.