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6.4/10
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A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Gustav-Peter Wöhler
- Alfred Landwehr
- (as Gustav Peter Woehler)
Jurgis Krasons
- Rowdy
- (as Jurgis Karsons)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaJouko Ahola, who plays the strongman, is an actual strongman and actually lifted the weights as seen in the film.
- GoofsThe real Marta Faria was a talented strong-woman in her own right; she could wrap a steel bar around her arm and once supported the front legs of a large elephant on her shoulders. She was not the slender pianist seen in the movie.
- Crazy creditsThanks to The People of Kuldiga and The People of Vilnius
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Best Films of 2002 (2003)
- SoundtracksSweet and Lovely
(1931)
Music and Lyrics by Gus Arnheim / Neil Moret (as Charles Daniels) / Harry Tobias
Performed by Max Raabe and his Palast Orchestra
Published by EMI Robbins Catalog Inc / Anne Rachel Music / Redwood Music Ltd / Range Road Music / Harry Tobias Music
Courtesy of EMI Music Partnership Musikverlag GmbH/ Greenhorn Musikverlag GmbH/ Warner-Chappell Music GmbH Germany,
Munich/ Chappell & Co GmbH/ Range Road Music/ Harry Tobias Music
Featured review
Unexpectedly moving, this seemingly silly movie....
Invincible (Werner Herzog).
Set in the years before WWII, a simpleton cum Jewish Pole strong man, was recruited by a German mystic cum showman, who's intent on dressing him up into Aryan legends, to perform legendary feats of strength on a hybrid cabaret-like show for Nazis patrons?
I wouldn't believe it either, but its supposedly inspired by a true story. Thank god for the inspiration of mad geniuses!
I laughed so hard at the first few chapters of this movie, its embarassing. But I regretted my rash reaction by film's midpoint. For what was deemed funny early on (weird mix of acting styles, idiosyncratic dramatic developments, and outlandishly funny English accents etc), got into me like second skin. And I realised by some point, I have seen one of the most oddly "moving" films in recent memory.
Two words, child-like innocence (or was it three?). Whatever. This flick me liked and it comes with my highest recommendation. Watch it, and learn.
Next up, Herzog's Heart of Glass.....
Set in the years before WWII, a simpleton cum Jewish Pole strong man, was recruited by a German mystic cum showman, who's intent on dressing him up into Aryan legends, to perform legendary feats of strength on a hybrid cabaret-like show for Nazis patrons?
I wouldn't believe it either, but its supposedly inspired by a true story. Thank god for the inspiration of mad geniuses!
I laughed so hard at the first few chapters of this movie, its embarassing. But I regretted my rash reaction by film's midpoint. For what was deemed funny early on (weird mix of acting styles, idiosyncratic dramatic developments, and outlandishly funny English accents etc), got into me like second skin. And I realised by some point, I have seen one of the most oddly "moving" films in recent memory.
Two words, child-like innocence (or was it three?). Whatever. This flick me liked and it comes with my highest recommendation. Watch it, and learn.
Next up, Herzog's Heart of Glass.....
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $81,954
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,293
- Sep 22, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $180,616
- Runtime2 hours 13 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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