Beerfest movie

Two brothers travel to Germany for Oktoberfest, only to stumble upon secret, centuries-old competition described as a "Fight Club" with beer games.

Beerfest is a beer-themed comedy film by the comedy group Broken Lizard released 2006. Along with the regular members of Broken Lizard, other actors who appear in the movie include Will Forte, MC Gainey, Cloris Leachman, Eric Christian Olsen, Daniel "Ducky" Poyner, Jürgen Prochnow, Blanchard Ryan, and Donald Sutherland. Beerfest was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.PlotThe plot begins with two Coloradan brothers, Jan (Paul Soter) and Todd (Erik Stolhanske) Wolfhouse at the funeral of their German born immigrant grandfather Johann von Wolfhausen (an uncredited Donald Sutherland) who founded the family business, the Schnitzengiggle Tavern, a sausage house. They learn from their great-grandmother (Cloris Leachman) that they must travel to Munich to fulfill the centuries old Wolfhausen family tradition and spread their grandfathers ashes.

Jan and Todd eagerly undertake this family duty when they learn that this tradition must be completed during the Oktoberfest and the ashes spread on the Theresienwiese itself where the Wolfhausen family resting place sets.Great "Gam Gam" Cloris Leachman gives them two tickets to the Oktoberfest where she tells them a Mr. Schniedelwaschen (Bjorn Johnson) will meet them to lead the brothers to the family resting place. After arrival, they single handedly bring down an entire Oktoberfest tent when out of cultural ignorance, instigate a brawl between themselves, a troop of Australian Sailors, and a group of Swiss revelers while waiting for Mr. Schniedelwaschen.Jan and Todd find "Beerfest", an underground drinking game tournament run by Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen (Jürgen Prochnow). As the brothers arrive, they witness the German national team defeating the Irish national team and discover that the German Von Wolfhausen competitors are relatives of the American Wolfhouse family. The Germans explain that Jan and Todds grandfather Johann had stolen a beer recipe decades ago and demand the recipe back from the unknowing brothers.

All Beerfest trailers available on youtube

Beerfest Cast

• Allan Graf
• Bjorn Johnson
• Cameron Scher
• Chris Moss
• Cloris Leachman
• Collin Thornton
• Erik Stolhanske
• Jürgen Prochnow
• Jay Chandrasekhar
• Kevin Heffernan
• Owain Yeoman
• Paul Soter
• Steve Lemme
• Tom Tate