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Zabou

Zabou

1987Movie⏱️ 1h 42m
ActionCrime
6
IMDB Rating
352 votes

The unscrupulous police commissioner Schimanski shake down patrons of a techno dance club in the drug-drenched Ruhr district.

Director
Hajo Gies
Writers
Martin Gies, Axel Götz
Stars
Götz George, Claudia Messner, Eberhard Feik
Release Date
March 5, 1987
Language
German
Country
West Germany
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Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Götz George
Götz George
as Schimanski
👤
Claudia Messner
as Conny
Eberhard Feik
Eberhard Feik
as Thanner
👤
Wolfram Berger
as Hocks
Hannes Jaenicke
Hannes Jaenicke
as Melting
👤
Dieter Pfaff
as Schäfer
Ralf Richter
Ralf Richter
as Sandrowski
👤
Klaus Lage
as Koch
👤
Annette Kreft
as Empfangsdame
👤
Gerry Jochum
as Geschäftsführer

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Sound
Dolby
Filming Location
Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Production
Bavaria Film, Constantin Film, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

🏷️ Keywords

criminal investigationprostitutionorganized crimedrug dealpolice

🎯 Categories

GermanActionCrime

⭐ Featured Review

Missed opportunity
by Thorsten-Krings2009-04-18
6/10

"Schimanski was such a successful character in the long running Tatort series that in the eighties he was granted two outings in the cinema. The adavantage was of course a much larger budget but with both films that didn't really translate into quality. They had the money to have Joe Cocker do the title song but had it written by third rate hacks (except for Klaus Lage) that make Dieter Bohlen sound like Mozart. Essentially, the weakest point of both films is the writing. Zabou doesn't really have much of a story but more an excuse for a string of car chases and fight scenes. Maybe th..."

📖 Synopsis

The unscrupulous police commissioner Schimanski shake down patrons of a techno dance club in the drug-drenched Ruhr district.