Overview
Berlin, shortly after the fall of the Wall: Eddy from the East is the undisputed No. 1 in the business: no one sticks as fast as he does. In the evenings, the poster artist sits in his den, eats peanuts and ponders why women only ever go for his "friend" Ralf. The gloomy hours are suddenly over when Eddy is discovered for an advertising campaign. As "Shaky, der Erdnußmann (the peanut man)", he makes it big. With a souped-up Golf GTI and a really loud hi-fi drone, he dashes off into a new life. What falls by the wayside is the tender bond he has just forged with the voluptuous Margot...
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Max Ophüls Award (1992)
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Michael Hammon
Details
- Director
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 24, 1992
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany






















