The Unemployment Club

The Unemployment Club

98 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 2001

In Differdange, in the South of Luxembourg, six unemployed men decide to create the "Dole Club", whose rules forbid its members to work, even in the very unlikely event that they are offered a job. Geronimo, Théid, Frunnes, Sonny Boy, Abbes and Petz all agree to abide by the strict regulations of the club. In accordance with them, they manage to survive. But they can do it only on petty theft and other swindles, which is bound to end badly...

The Unemployment Club

98 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 2001

The Unemployment Club
In Differdange, in the South of Luxembourg, six unemployed men decide to create the "Dole Club", whose rules forbid its members to work, even in the very unlikely event that they are offered a job. Geronimo, Théid, Frunnes, Sonny Boy, Abbes and Petz all agree to abide by the strict regulations of the club. In accordance with them, they manage to survive. But they can do it only on petty theft and other swindles, which is bound to end badly...
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Iris Productions, Fama Film AG, Film Fund Luxembourg, SRG SSR, SFDRS
Original title Le club des chômeurs
Directors Peer Menke, Zoe Simijonovic, Andy Bausch
Writers Jean-Louis Schlesser, Andy Bausch

Cast

Thierry van Werveke

as Jerôme Klein dit Géronimo

Myriam Muller

as Angie

Fernand Fox

as Abbes

Luc Feit

as Fränz Welwerding dit Sonny Boy

Christian Kmiotek

as Patrick dit Petz

Marco Lorenzini

as Frunnes

André Jung

as Theodor Linari dit Théid

Marja-Leena Junker

as Jackel

Kim Anthony

as Petz jeune

Gilles Duprel

as Le fils de Geronimo

Albert Federspiel

as Le chanteur de la fanfare

Camillo Felgen

as Le curé

Frédéric Frenay

as Un gangster français

Jupp Guddenburg

as L'entraineur de foot

Lucien Haas

as Le chef d'orchestre

Miloš Hlaváč

as Le proprio du Café du Coin

Jhemp Hoschelt

as Le directeur du bureau de l'emploi

Pascale Menghi

as La voisine de Petz

Maurice Molitor

as Lui-même

Marc Olinger

as L'homme politique local

Paddy Paterson

as Le barman

Paul Philippe

as Lui-même

Christiane Rausch

as L'ex-femme de Géronimo

Monique Reuter

as La policière

Claude-Oliver Rudolph

as Un touriste allemand

Franck Sasonoff

as Le directeur du complexe cinématographique

Annette Schlechter

as La mère de Géronimo

Zoe Simijonovic

as La seveuse serbe

Pino Soalise

as Géronimo jeune

Gilles Soeder

as Un contrebandier français

Hervé Sogne

as Lino

Claudine Thill

as Une employée du bureau de placement

Jemp Thill

as Le président du jury de guitare

Paul Thiltges

as Le banquier

Serge Tonnar

as Le propriétaire de la boutique vidéo

Danielle van Werveke

as L'amie d'Angie

Sabine von Maydell

as Une touriste allemande

Mireille Wagener

as La documentariste amateur

Germain Wagner

as Un client du Café du Coin

Jean-François Wolff

as Un truand français