Ants in the Pants (film)

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Ants in the Pants
Directed by Marc Rothemund
Produced by Bernd Eichinger
Starring
Music by Johnny Klimek
Release date
  • 30 March 2000 (2000-03-30)
Running time
95 min
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Ants in the Pants (German: Harte Jungs, "Hard Boys") is a 2000 German comedy film directed by Marc Rothemund. [1] It is based on the novel "Io e lui" by Alberto Moravia.

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More Ants in the Pants was released in 2002.

Hard Feelings was released in 2023.

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References

  1. Schlömer, Thomas. "Filmspiegel.de - Filmkritiken". filmspiegel.de.