History Film / KnockinOnHeavensDoor

* IAteWhat: Bull testicles.

* BadassBeard: Abdul's facial hair. Also, the motorcycle cop played by Hannes Jaenicke sports a five-o'clock shadow.

* ForeignLanguageTitle: The movie title is a reference to the Music/BobDylan song.

* MoodWhiplash: Rudi and Martin as wannabe gangsters who keep fooling the police, incompetent gangsters, throwing lots of money about, the film can be so hilarious. But suddenly, in comes a scene which reminds us of the tennis ball-sized lump in Martin's skull. Or police or gangsters having the two at point blank. Or Martin gives his mom a big pink Caddy as a gift.

* MoodWhiplash: Rudi and Martin as wannabe gangsters who keep fooling the police, incompetent gangsters, throwing lots of money about, the film can be so hilarious. But suddenly, in comes a scene which reminds us of the tennis ball-sized lump in Martin's skull. Or police or gangsters having the two at point blank. Or [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Martin gives his mom a big pink Caddy as a gift]].

* MoodWhiplash: Rudi and Martin as wannabe gangsters who keep fooling the police, incompetent gangsters, throwing lots of money about, the film can be so hilarious. But suddenly, in comes a scene which reminds us of the tennis ball-sized lump in Martin's skull. Or police or gangsters having the two at point blank. Or [[HeartwarmingMoment Martin gives his mom a big pink Caddy as a gift]].

The title is of course borrowed from Music/BobDylan, but the theme song is a CoverVersion by Music/{{Selig}} who go by the name DIGITAL ELVIS & ZERO.

''Knockin' on Heaven's Door'' is a German [[BuddyPicture Buddy Comedy]][=/=]RoadTripPlot from 1997 about two terminally ill young men, Martin Brest (Til Schweiger) who has just been diagnosed with a big brain tumor and Rudi Wurlitzer (Jan Josef Liefers) who suffers from bone cancer, who meet and decide to have some fun during the last few days they may have to live.

* GermanDialects: Most of the movie takes place in the Rhineland.

''Knockin' on Heaven's Door'' is a German [[BuddyPicture Buddy Comedy]][=/=]RoadTripPlot from 1997 about two terminally ill young men, Martin Brest (Til Schweiger) who has just been diagnosed with a big brain tumor and Rudi Wurlitzer (Jan Josef Liefers) who suffers from bone cancer, who meet and decide to have some fun during the last few days they may have to live. Rudi tells Martin that he has never seen the ocean before, so Martin decides he wants to get his new buddy to the ocean. They steal a Mercedes roadster and escape from the hospital. However, it's two brutal but bumbling gangsters whom they steal the car from, there's a gun in the glove compartment, and in the trunk lies a [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcase with a million Marks inside]]. Frankie Beluga, the two gangsters' boss, orders them to get the car and the money back. Meanwhile, since they've got nothing to lose anymore anyway, Rudi and Martin start their own criminal career.

The title is of course borrowed from BobDylan, but the theme song is a CoverVersion by Music/{{Selig}} who go by the name DIGITAL ELVIS & ZERO.

''Knockin' on Heaven's Door'' is a German [[BuddyPicture Buddy Comedy]][=/=]RoadMovie from 1997 about two terminally ill young men, Martin Brest (Til Schweiger) who has just been diagnosed with a big brain tumor and Rudi Wurlitzer (Jan Josef Liefers) who suffers from bone cancer, who meet and decide to have some fun during the last few days they may have to live. Rudi tells Martin that he has never seen the ocean before, so Martin decides he wants to get his new buddy to the ocean. They steal a Mercedes roadster and escape from the hospital. However, it's two brutal but bumbling gangsters whom they steal the car from, there's a gun in the glove compartment, and in the trunk lies a [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcase with a million Marks inside]]. Frankie Beluga, the two gangsters' boss, orders them to get the car and the money back. Meanwhile, since they've got nothing to lose anymore anyway, Rudi and Martin start their own criminal career.

* RoadMovie

* FakeNationality: The German actor Moritz Bleibtreu plays Frankie's Arab henchman Abdul.

* NoExportForYou: Despite the film's worldwide acclaim, it has never been released on any home video formats in the US (it was given a brief theatrical release in 1999 though).

!!Contains examples of:

* BrandX: [=TVL2=] is an obvious stand-in for the German TV station {{RTL2}}.

* AThreesomeIsHot: One of the things Rudi wants to spend his money on. A couple of Dutch hookers oblige.

* BankRobbery: Martin robs a bank to be able to pay for his and Rudi's clothes. That's before they know about the BriefcaseFullOfMoney in the trunk of the Mercedes. Shortly after he leaves, Henk and Abdul try to rob the same bank to gather a replacement million, just to find out someone has already emptied that bank.

* NoExportForYou: Despite the film's worldwide acclaim, it has never been released in the US.

* AThreesomeIsHot: A couple of Dutch hookers oblige.

* BrandX: [=TVL2=] is an obvious stand-in for the German TV station [=RTL=] 2.

* FairCop: Rudi and Martin actually get one (and her male colleague) to strip.

''Knockin' on Heaven's Door'' is a German [[BuddyPicture Buddy Comedy]][=/=]RoadMovie from 1997 about two terminally ill young men, Rudi Wurlitzer (Til Schweiger) who has just been diagnosed with a big brain tumor and Martin Brest (Jan Josef Liefers) who suffers from bone cancer, who meet and decide to have some fun during the last few days they may have to live. Rudi tells Martin that he has never seen the ocean before, so Martin decides he wants to get his new buddy to the ocean. They steal a Mercedes roadster and escape from the hospital. However, it's two brutal but bumbling gangsters whom they steal the car from, there's a gun in the glove compartment, and in the trunk lies a [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcase with a million Marks inside]]. Frankie Beluga, the two gangsters' boss, orders them to get the car and the money back. Meanwhile, since they've got nothing to lose anymore anyway, Rudi and Martin start their own criminal career.

* BankRobbery: Rudi robs a bank to be able to pay for his and Martin's clothes. That's before they know about the BriefcaseFullOfMoney in the trunk of the Mercedes. Shortly after he leaves, Henk and Abdul try to rob the same bank to gather a replacement million, just to find out someone has already emptied that bank.

* BittersweetEnding: The two protagonists do reach the ocean. Martin's dream has come true, as has Rudi's who hasn't seen the ocean before either. [[spoiler:Rudi sits down in the sand and, in the last shot but one, simply falls over dead.]]

* BankRobbery: Martin robs a bank to be able to pay for his and Rudi's clothes. That's before they know about the BriefcaseFullOfMoney in the trunk of the Mercedes. Shortly after he leaves, Henk and Abdul try to rob the same bank to gather a replacement million, just to find out someone has already emptied that bank.

* BittersweetEnding: The two protagonists do reach the ocean. Rudi's dream has come true, as has Martin's who hasn't seen the ocean before either. [[spoiler:Martin sits down in the sand and, in the last shot but one, simply falls over dead.]]

''Knockin' on Heaven's Door'' is a German [[BuddyPicture Buddy Comedy]][=/=]RoadMovie from 1997 about two terminally ill young men, Rudi Wurlitzer (Til Schweiger) who suffers from bone cancer and Martin Brest (Jan Josef Liefers) who has just been diagnosed with a big brain tumor, who meet and decide to have some fun during the last few days they may have to live. Rudi tells Martin that he has never seen the ocean before, so Martin decides he wants to get his new buddy to the ocean. They steal a Mercedes roadster and escape from the hospital. However, it's two brutal but bumbling gangsters whom they steal the car from, there's a gun in the glove compartment, and in the trunk lies a [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcase with a million Marks inside]]. Frankie Beluga, the two gangsters' boss, orders them to get the car and the money back. Meanwhile, since they've got nothing to lose anymore anyway, Rudi and Martin start their own criminal career.

''Knockin' on Heaven's Door'' is a German [[BuddyPicture buddy comedy]][=/=]RoadMovie from 1997 about two terminally ill young men, Rudi Wurlitzer (Til Schweiger) who suffers from bone cancer and Martin Brest (Jan Josef Liefers) who has just been diagnosed with a big brain tumor, who meet and decide to have some fun during the last few days they may have to live. Rudi tells Martin that he has never seen the ocean before, so Martin decides he wants to get his new buddy to the ocean. They steal a Mercedes roadster and escape from the hospital. However, it's two brutal but bumbling gangsters whom they steal the car from, there's a gun in the glove compartment, and in the trunk lies a [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcase with a million Marks inside]]. Frankie Beluga, the two gangsters' boss, orders them to get the car and the money back. Meanwhile, since they've got nothing to lose anymore anyway, Rudi and Martin start their own criminal career.

''Knockin' on Heaven's Door'' is a German comedy[=/=]RoadMovie from 1997 about two terminally ill young men, Rudi Wurlitzer (Til Schweiger) who suffers from bone cancer and Martin Brest (Jan Josef Liefers) who has just been diagnosed with a big brain tumor, who meet and decide to have some fun during the last few days they may have to live. Rudi tells Martin that he has never seen the ocean before, so Martin decides he wants to get his new buddy to the ocean. They steal a Mercedes roadster and escape from the hospital. However, it's two brutal but bumbling gangsters whom they steal the car from, there's a gun in the glove compartment, and in the trunk lies a [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney briefcase with a million Marks inside]]. Frankie Beluga, the two gangsters' boss, orders them to get the car and the money back. Meanwhile, since they've got nothing to lose anymore anyway, Rudi and Martin start their own criminal career.