Horst in Translation ([email protected]) If you have seen any of Otto's previous movies, you will basically know what kind of humor and approach to comedy is awaiting you here. It is obviously a very loose adaptation of the "Snow White" tale and runs for pretty much exactly 90 minutes. Otto got several famous comedians to play his fellow dwarfs, but what is almost even more impressive is the number of cameos in this film. Almost every male German comedian who was sort-of popular 10 years ago is in this movie. The film's director is Sven Unterwaldt Jr. who has worked on several comedy shows for television before. He also wrote the movie and got help from Waalkes and a couple more guys including even one who already worked with Otto on his movies 20 years earlier.Pay attention how this film starts actually with "Red Riding Hood" and also ends with her. They included a couple more fairytale references here, like Martin Schneider's Cinderella love story. This was the third-most successful movie in Germany in 2004 after Bully Herbig's newest project and Harry Potter. So no surprise, two years later they already made a sequel and a third (this time animated) movie came out actually not too long ago. This first film here has early on quite some similarities to Otto's old movies. He plays his own parents in a flashback and also himself when he was a baby. But that's fine, I guess, as most younger audiences weren't probably too familiar with his first films. I liked the dwarf song main theme quite a bit. Rock singer Nina Hagen plays the evil queen. Visually, she fits the role 100%, but sadly she is not a great actress. Her daughter plays Snow White. Heinz Hoenig and Boris Aljinovic are two people in the cast who are more known as actors than as comedians, so no surprise they play the more serious, occasionally grumpy, characters.Not all the jokes are 100% in this movie and some are even quite off the mark and the ending on how the queen was defeated I found slightly disappointing, but here and there it's a really funny movie (my favorite part Jäger vs Neger). Basically, it is what you could expect: nothing groundbreaking, but 90 minutes decent entertainment. Recommended.

Taco_Lad I haven't seen something like this since the Holy Grail. Sure it is obvious. Sure they are all jokes your dad thinks are funny and everyone else groans at. This is like pantomime. You KNOW everything is ridiculous and exaggerated. The delivery and execution of classic lines are very good, and even though you know exactly what to expect, they still make you smile when they are delivered. This is a film that can only be appreciated when you have developed a very fine sense of irony whilst retaining the ability to laugh at simple things and yourself. There are multiple pop culture references that may elude someone not familiar with German culture, but for me, it was a fine illustration that not all comedy must be sophisticated on the surface. Don't watch this if you think American Pie is Champagne comedy. Your sense of irony won't be refined enough to appreciate it. The delivery of gags in this is also faster than for a typical Hollywood style movie. The buildup for each dull joke doesn't take half the movie and leave you squirming, KNOWING that X is going to happen, you just have to wait for it. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

LaceySchmeidler I found 7 Zwerge to be a delightful German film and highly recommend it.However, it contains some language based jokes which don't translate well to English, so beware if you don't speak German and watch the film with subtitles to miss a few of the good jokes. But there is still plenty there for those who don't speak the language and overall the plot and humor translates quite well.A great film with a fairly simple plot that is great to watch if you are trying to learn German but also great for anyone who really loves foreign films.Highly recommended to fans of German comedy!

wu_trax OK, i have to admit i didn't watch 'Traumschiff Surprise', but it can hardly be any worse than this.There wasn't much of a story line here, but its a comedy so thats not really a big problem. But the jokes !!! Beware of the jokes!! They are so bad its painful. Except of a few they are not even funny-bad in the sense that you can laugh about how stupid they are, they are just bad.I'm just wondering how so many (supposedly) good German comedians could get into such a movie. what were they thinking? You have to be a REALLY great Otto-Fan to enjoy this movie.If there is ANY other movie playing in your local cinema go and watch that instead, it simply cant be any worse.