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Big Mäc

Big Mäc

19852.51h 26m

Overview

Bernhard "Big Mäc" Maurer, an ex-motorcycle freak and bored piano teacher, is voted the "perfect motorcyclist" by the trade magazine Motorrad after quitting his job as a music teacher at a Munich high school. He is promised a bonus of $50,000 if he manages to beat a Japanese team in an adventure rally from the Zugspitze to Kilimanjaro. Maurer agrees and chooses as his second man, the technician, his young neighbor Max. Max, for whom an apprenticeship is at stake, injures himself shortly before the start of the rally and has to sit out. Without Maurer's knowledge, Max's almost identical-looking sister Maxi takes over the role of the boy.

Directed by Sigi Rothemund
Written by Werner Schlierf, Sigi Rothemund, Franz Seitz Junior
Produced by Franz Seitz Junior
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Top Cast

Thomas Gottschalk

Thomas Gottschalk

Bernhard 'Big Mäc' Maurer

Beate Finckh

Beate Finckh

Maxi Brugger

Ankie Lau

Ankie Lau

Hiroko

Eiji Kusuhara

Eiji Kusuhara

Professor

Hansi Kraus

Hansi Kraus

Wanninger

Loni von Friedl

Loni von Friedl

Frau Brugger

Bernd Stephan

Bernd Stephan

Wilfried Klaus

Wilfried Klaus

Herbert Fux

Herbert Fux

Franz Leitner

Gernot Duda

Gernot Duda

Fritz Hoffmann

Themes & Keywords

road movie

About Big Mäc

Big Mäc is a adventure, comedy film released in 1985 exploring themes of road movie. Directed by Sigi Rothemund, it stars Thomas Gottschalk, Beate Finckh, Ankie Lau. Bernhard "Big Mäc" Maurer, an ex-motorcycle freak and bored piano teacher, is voted the "perfect motorcyclist" by the trade magazine Motorrad after quitting his job as a music teacher at a Munich high school. He is promised a bonus of $50,000 if he manages to beat a Japanese team in an adventure rally from the Zugspitze to Kilimanjaro. Maurer agrees and chooses as his second man, the technician, his young neighbor Max. Max, for whom an apprenticeship is at stake, injures himself shortly before the start of the rally and has to sit out. Without Maurer's knowledge, Max's almost identical-looking sister Maxi takes over the role of the boy.

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