The Kangaroo Chronicles

Die Känguru-Chroniken (2020)

Timing: 1:32 (92 min)

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Release date

2020-03-05

Country

Germany

Production

X Filme Creative Pool, ZDF, ARRI Media, Trixter Film

Genre

Comedy

Budget

$0

Revenue

$5 081 127

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Director

Dani Levy

Actors

Dimitrij Schaad, Marc-Uwe Kling, Rosalie Thomass, Henry Hübchen, Adnan Maral, Tim Seyfi, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Bettina Lamprecht, David Brückner, Oskar Strohecker
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Scenario

Marc-Uwe Kling

Producer

Stefan Arndt, Uwe Schott, Caroline von Senden, Alexandra Staib, Joseph M'Barek, Antonio Exacoustos, Christian Sommer

Operator

Filip Zumbrunn

Composer

Artist

Audition

Simone Bär, Alexandra Montag

Editing

Toni Froschhammer, Micaela Wöll
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• The character played by Henry Hübchen is a member of the fictional political party “Alternative zur Demokratie” (Alternative for Democracy, or Add). This is a parody of the right-wing populist “Alternative für Deutschland,” or AfD (Alternative for Germany). Therefore, doubles of Marine Le Pen, Geert Wilders, and Nigel Farage can be noticed among the guests at the presentation.
• At the end of the film, there is a conversation with a penguin – the new owner of the house. This character moves in at the end of the original book and appears in the book's sequels – “Das Knguru-Manifest” and “Die Knguru-Offenbarung,” in which the penguin and kangaroo fight each other.
• The final scene (shown after the credits), in which the kangaroo says that it is not at all necessary for him to have the last word, is a faithful adaptation to the screen of the finale of the original book, which served as the literary source for the script. The last page of the book contains only one line stating that it is not necessary for the kangaroo to have the last word.