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7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald

7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald (English: 7 Dwarves - Men alone in the Wood), is a German comedy film, created in 2004 by Otto Waalkes, which follows the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves by the Brothers Grimm.

The film, created by the NRW Film Fund (Filmstiftung NRW), was the second most popular film in German cinemas in 2004, reaching an audience of almost 7 million. It also counts as the 4th most successful German film ever in Germany since the audience payment cap.

Cast

• Boris Aljinovic as Cloudy
• Tom Gerhardt as Wache
• Cosma Shiva Hagen as Snow White
• Nina Hagen as The Queen
• Norbert Heisterkamp as Ralfie
• Heinz Hoenig as Brummboss
• Mavie Hörbiger as Little Red Riding Hood
• Rüdiger Hoffmann as The Mirror on the Wall
• Markus Majowski as Cookie
• Mirco Nontschew as Tschakko
• Hans Werner Olm as Spliss
• Harald Schmidt as The Best Jester Candidate
• Ralf Schmitz as Sunny
• Helge Schneider as The White Helge
• Martin Schneider as Speedy
• Atze Schröder as the Jester
• Hilmi Sözer as the Guard
• Christian Tramitz as the Hunter
• Otto Waalkes as Bubi

Awards

• 2004 - Platinum Box Office Germany Award
• 2005 - The German Comedy Award (Deutscher Comedypreis) for best comedic film
• 2005 - A Goldene Leinwand 'Star' award

Sequel

On the 26th October 2006, a sequel to the original film was released: 7 Zwerge – Der Wald ist nicht genug (Seven dwarves - the forest is not enough). The main cast stayed the same, apart from Markus Majowski, who was unable to film due to theatre contract commitments. He was replaced by Gustav Peter Wöhler in the film.