Weltverbesserungsmaßnahmen

there is a bad mood in Germany nowadays. more than 4 million unemployed people, sinking birth rates, the old must worry about their rent, social structures like health insurance become more and more expensive etc. etc. the government failed to make social reforms over years. something has to be done!

this film gives some ironically meant suggestions how to improve live and to help German economy. the basic idea: "if you want to change the country you must change the human being and the way people think".

it is made in documentary style but is in fact a comedy. there are about 8 fictitious stories about people and their ideas who try to save Germany from its downfall. (dont want to spoil more)

all in all a very original and funny movie.

Mockumentaries are a relatively new form of film-making. Although made famous by Christopher Guest, they have been around earlier then that (the earliest one I can remember, and quite possibly the best, as it came so unassuming, was a little film called 'Dadetown'. Anyways, never seen a German version of the mockumentary, and this film provides a cute little scenario of regular German people supplying ideas of how they they're making the world a better place. Some of these are quite funny, like the home-operation outfit and surrogate brother program (Mom and dad included!), and there were others that fell somewhat flat (like the traffic ones), so you get a mixed bag here folks, and that's not a bad thing actually in a movie like this.