Highway to Hellas 2015 123movies

Watch: Highway to Hellas 2015 123movies, Full Movie Online – The Germans are coming. To snoop, pry and inspect once again, because the Greek are always under suspicion to lie, cheat and scam. And rightfully so. Jörg Geissner, an employee of the Munich based AVO-Bank arrives on the island of Paladiki, to check on the registered securities of a credit granted years ago by his bank. His suspicion: the registered securities – a hospital and a power generating plant – don’t really exist. But the Greeks aren’t stupid – they will make Geissner prove that the securities don’t exist. And so a completely overwhelmed Geissner embarks on an unexpected Odyssey all by himself, against the rest of the island. His constant companion being the shrewd German-Greek gigolo Panos, who will see to it that Geissner’s search for the power-plant will get him nowhere. In the meantime Paladiki’s Mayor Spyros will desperately try to conjure something up, which would maybe look like a power plant, at least at night and with the help of a few drink and then some more drinks. Losing the loan would be a catastrophe for the already destitute island and would mean certain bankruptcy. A frantic race ensues on the island of Paladiki, while a decrepit sheepfold is haphazardly turned into – what might hopefully look like – a power plant, while at the same time the fastidious auditor Geissner and the freedom-loving man-about-town (or better -island) Panos get to know each other a little better and somehow also begin to like each other..
Plot: The life of Jorg Geissner, a German banker, totally transforms with a visit to Paladiki Island, Greece. A business trip to check on a project called “Galapagos in Greece” by the islanders and for which his bank extended a loan and credit, brought him there. Being a German, he wants to investigate thoroughly, but Panos, a mini-mart owner, and the mayor try their utmost to sabotage him—to camouflage a not-so-good reality. After every single trial resulted in nothing because of the islanders’ secret meddling, Jorg’s trip becomes elongated, like The Odyssey’s, forcing him to contemplate the priorities and responsibilities in life again.
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Heart-warming, life-affirming film
The Greeks. The Germans. Age-old hatred and mistrust. The financial crisis. Ecology. Romance. Tragedy. Friendship.

Galapagos in Greece, a.k.a. Palladiki is an out of the big ferry routes island in Greece that has been hit hard by the financial crisis yet its residents have not given up. They have a dream of promoting their island as a vacation spot for ecotourism and have borrowed money from a German bank using a non-existent power station as a collateral. Enter the German bank representative who has come to inspect the island. He is a typical bureaucrat in contrast with the laid-back Greeks (who miraculously speak perfect German because some of them were born and raised in Germany.) The Greeks will try everything in their power to keep the wool over his eyes in order not to lose the loan. He will do everything in his power to uncover the truth.

The story is simple, yet well-told. The actors portray their characters with great skill. Photography is superb. Music starts off good, but excels towards the end. There are no annoying stereotypes. You are able to connect with the characters at human level, taking part in their adventures instead of being a bystander as happens with some modern films. There is real pathos in this film! And delicate reminders of the current situation that Greece is facing.

I loved this film and gave it 9/10 stars. The only reason I took one star off is because I felt it needed a few more walk-ons. Palladiki is eerily devoid of human presence save for the main cast. It is the only thing that was missing. Everything else was there and everyone involved in the making of this film should feel very proud of a job well done! (I had no idea that German film-making was this good – apart from what I consider to be the best version of the Titanic disaster – and will now be open on watching more European films.)

Another not successful take on Germany meeting foreign culture in films
“Highway to Hellas” is a German movie from last year (2015) and the title already implies that the film has a strong connection with Greece in a not so great play on words citing a famous song. The film is directed by Aron Lehmann and it is certainly one of his most known works. If you like German films, you may also know his take on Michael Kohlhaas starring Robert Gwisdek and that film is in my opinion superior to this one here. But lets take a closer look at “Highway to Hellas”. Lead actor Christoph Maria Herbst (“Stromberg”) stands for Germany while Adam Bousdoukos (“Soul Kitchen”) symbolizes Greece. Lehmann also worked on the script with two other writers and this is a bit shocking as I’d expect a script to be much better then, but apparently they weren’t able to or did not want to point out each other’s weaknesses. The movie runs for 85 minutes approximately and deals plays entirely in Greece. An inspector from Germany comes to the country in order to evaluate what happened with the money Germany sent to Greece and if they really used it for good purposes such as building and operating a hospital. None of this was done, so I guess you would want to see the money being taken away as an honest German citizen? But no. We are still supposed to feel with the Greek and I must say I struggled a bit with this. I personally did not find Bousdoukos’ character likable at all, also with this approach to women, but yeah, clearly the writers wanted us to like them despite (or maybe because of) his flaws. And they wanted us to dislike Herbst’s character because of his stale bureaucratic approach to the subject. I personally really felt the other way around.

Anyway, apart from who I liked and who I disliked, the film also has some weaknesses in terms of the story. First of all, the approach of letting Herbst’s character’s boss’ scream like a mad woman all the time via phone was not too impressive and actually pretty gimmicky. But there are worse problems in there too. One would be that honestly the character transformation of the protagonist feels as generic as unrealistic, but sadly also as expected as it gets. He does not care about the Greek and their culture, he slowly grows closer to them, then there is that pivotal stereotypical moment when he feels betrayed by them (and rightfully so) and is all mad again, but at the end, he of course understands that they are the one where he belongs and that Germany restrained him from becoming who he should become. It is a character transformation yes and it is not a good one for sure. Keep in mind that he falls for the scam artists too. Very very little quality in terms of writing. All the Greek characters, i.e. the supporting players, did not have good material to work with either, if they had any material at all. Eventually, this is just another very generic, very forgettable take on a German movie that is a bit of a culture clash, a subject that has been done so many times in the past, frequently as bad, but sometimes also better (“Die Fremde” for example). I do not recommend seeing Highway to Hellas and I was also slightly disappointed with Herbst here. I really love “Stromberg” and his performance there, but some of the stuff he has done afterwards just isn’t convincing at all. Don’t watch.

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Original Language de
Runtime 1 hr 28 min (88 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
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Genre Comedy
Director Aron Lehmann
Writer Arnd Schimkat, Moses Wolff, Aron Lehmann
Actors Christoph Maria Herbst, Adam Bousdoukos, Akilas Karazisis
Country Germany, Greece
Awards 1 win & 2 nominations
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