What makes it different from others?

good back-story, and good acting

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

So my criticism for this 25-year-old film written and directed by Peter Timm is that it has not aged well at all. However, I am also surprised to see it being relevant back in 1991. It must have been as the film scored major nominations at the German Film Awards back then. Or maybe it was just solidarity towards film and actors from the former GDR. Of course, the reunification of the two German countries has been the big deal back then and it did not take long until films/comedies on the issue came out. Actually, these are still made today. But the problem here is that the references are really minimal. Yes the "Trabi" was the popular car in the GDR, but you have to deliver more than that, even if they are driving around for the most part of the film in this car. The rest honestly does not have really as many references as I had hoped about the 2 German countries and the current political climate back then. The acting wasn't too great either, but Claudia Schmutzler was of course very easy on the eyes. Overall, do not be fooled by how early this was made. This is another of these uncountable GDR-themed comedies from Germany that deliver very little, especially in terms of entertaining comedy. 92 minutes not worth seeing. I cannot recommend it.

As a Trabi owner I love this film simply because I can relate to the adventure of driving one - there is never a dull day when you drive a Trabant! This car is destined to be a classic and so is this film - a real 1980's style (although made in 1991) road trip and just goes to show that not everything from the former DDR has be resigned to a sad and ungracious end! But the best part is that it's all true! I have even had to shake the car (the scene on the beach) - try and guess for what reason! Enjoy - at the end of the day it's about a family - and that includes their Trabi! Car lovers as well as Cold War historians will enjoy the film from a documentary angle - others simply because it's funny!

This movie is one of my favorite films because I also come from East Germany and I like Trabis! If you don't know a Trabi: "Trabi" is the short form of "Trabant", a little car that nearly Everyone had in the GDR, even it was not very comfortable. Udo Struutz, the main character of the film, loves his Trabi, calls it "Schorsch" and treats him like a real family member. So in the first summer after the Berlin Wall has fallen he travels to Naples with his wife Rita and their 17-year-old daughter Jacqueline. Their guide is "Italienische Reise" (Italian Voyage) by the famous German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from the year 1787. Of course their holidays are not without complications. The fact of the film that I really find fascinating is that it is not shot in a later time as other "Wende" films like Good Bye Lenin, but it is really from that time (it was shot in Summer 1990) and so it catches the real wall fall feeling - the neighbors in GDR who have now all cars from the west and laugh about Udo and his Trabi; Rita's sister and her family in West Germany who make a business out of the fall of the Iron Curtain (they rent out their caravan to refugees from Eastern Europe), or Udo himself who tries to speak Russian to the people in Rome. And I also like the music, which contains lots of styles, from girlie pop over rock to techno. I give the movie nine points.

We watched this in our german class and although it had the teacher running for the fast forward during the Nudist beach bit, we all really enjoyed it. I think it was one of the first times I have ever seen some of the guys in our class want to watch a movie because they like it, not just so they get out of doing some hard work. It is about a family who travels from old East Germany (?) to Rome in their little Trabi(named Georgie)following the notebook of a famous explorer. A lot of things happen to them but they eventually get to Rome. It is worth seeing and is a real feel-good movie.