One Saturday, the Slurb, a strange little creature with a proboscis nose, enters Mr. Taschenbier's life. Slurb, who immediately adopts the shy Mr. Taschenbier as his "daddy," is, however, his sheer opposite: he is cheeky and chaotic and throws his well-ordered life into sheer chaos. But when Taschenbier discovers that he can fulfill all his wishes with the help of Slurb's blue freckles, his life suddenly changes. He appeases his bad-tempered landlady, Mrs. Rotkohl, and he can finally get one over on his nasty neighbor, Mr. Lürcher. Everything could be so nice if Mr. Taschenbier didn't fall in love with his pretty colleague Mrs. März and if the Slurb didn't almost burst with jealousy...
Practical Effects
Slurb's prosthetic proboscis and physical comedy are gloriously gross.
Acting
Christine Urszyzkowitz makes Slurb chaotically lovable and terrifying.
Production
2001 German TV budget somehow makes the chaos feel intimate, not cheap.
Director
Ben Verbong
Ulrich Noethen
Mr. Taschenbier
Christine Urspruch
Slurb
Aglaia Szyszkowitz
Ms. März
Armin Rohde
Mr. Mon
Eva Mattes
Annemarie Rotkohl
August Zirner
Oliver Oberstein Jr.
Götz Schubert
Porter
Jan-Gregor Kremp
Willy
Heinrich Schafmeister
Department Manager
Gerd Knebel
Police Officer #1
Henni Nachtsheim
Police Officer #2
Gert Burkard
Lürcher
Juraj Kukura
Headwaiter
Hans-Joachim Recknitz
Pilot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Paul Maar's beloved German children's books; Slurb (Sams) is a national chaos icon. The 2001 film adaptation toned down some of the darker parental abandonment themes from the novels.
Christine Urspruch wore a 4-hour prosthetic application daily; her Slurb voice was pitched up in post-production, making her performance even more physically demanding than it appears.
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