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5 unusual facts about Bullet in the Face


Bullet in the Face

Eddie Izzard as Johann Tannhäuser: A secretive, agoraphobic crime lord who favors chess.

The story is set in the neo-noir city of Brüteville, a dystopian city fought over by two vicious mob bosses, agoraphobic elitist Johann Tannhäuser (Eddie Izzard) and doltish Racken (Eric Roberts).

Like creator Alan Spencer's other cult television show Sledge Hammer!, Bullet in the Face is largely a parody of various genres, most prominently film noir and European action films like those by director Luc Besson.

While robbing a jewelry store, Gunter Vogler (Max Williams), a sociopath and universally feared hitman, receives an order from his boss, Tannhäuser, to kill his partner and lover, Martine Mahler (Kate Kelton).

Kate Kelton as Martine Mahler: Martine Mahler was Gunter Vogler's partner and lover, before she betrayed him and shot him in the face.



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