Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand (2013)
23KDer Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand: Directed by Felix Herngren. With Robert Gustafsson, Mia Skäringer, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg. After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.
“This film follows the progress of Allan Karlsson, a simple man with a predilection for blowing things up, after he leaves his nursing home to embark on a journey that will take him wherever it takes him. Through flashbacks we see that this is a metaphor for his entire life. Karlsson has, it turns out, been with several significant figures of the 20th century and, unwittingly, has profoundly affected its course.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film is comic, darkly comic, absurdist, farcical, a chase caper, an espionage thriller and, finally, peaceful. It is all of these things successfully in a way that Wes Andersonu0026#39;s u0026quot;The Grand Budapest Hotelu0026quot; attempted to be, but didnu0026#39;t quite manage. More importantly, the characters are entirely believable despite the often fantastical story lines. It is also beautifully shot.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.u0026quot; — Allen Saundersu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThoroughly recommended.”
