During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their Old Country cousins sneer at the Yanks' chances, prompting the siblings to return to America to prepare for a showdown the following year.
Acting
Kevin Heffernan's Phil 'Landfill' Krundle dual role is deranged genius.
Practical Effects
Real beer chugging—cast actually trained and suffered for this art.
Writing
Das Boot drinking game rules deserve academic study.
Director
Jay Chandrasekhar
Erik Stolhanske
Todd Wolfhouse / Young Baron Ludwig
Jay Chandrasekhar
Barry / Blind Sikh
Steve Lemme
Fink / Emcee
Paul Soter
Jan Wolfhouse
M.C. Gainey
Priest
Cloris Leachman
Great Gam Gam
Jürgen Prochnow
Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
Will Forte
Otto
Allan Graf
Soup Waiter
Kevin Heffernan
Landfill / Gil / Sausage Lady
Cameron Scher
Helmut
Chris Moss
German Producer
Bjorn Johnson
Mr. Schniedelwichsen
Nat Faxon
Rolf
Jessica Williams
Inga
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The cast trained with competitive beer drinkers and suffered genuine alcohol poisoning during filming. Method acting for idiots.
The 'Das Boot' scene parodies the 1981 submarine film so thoroughly that many viewers don't realize it's a real movie—Broken Lizard weaponized German cinema against itself.
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