Tom the Devil 2
| Tom the Devil 2 Tom der Teufel 2 | |
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 Besmenian theatrical release poster | |
| Tom der Teufel 2 | |
| Directed by | Martin Wildner |
| Written by | Martin Wildner Dominik Herbrand Silvia Vollmar Marko Gölz David Peetz |
| Based on | Tom Teufel Comics by Viktor Laffmeyer |
| Produced by | Christine Kneiper |
| Distributed by | Flingor Studios |
Release date | 18 September 2024 (Besmenia) |
Running time | 1h 40min |
| Country |  Besmenia |
| Language | Besmenian |
| Budget | BS 78,6 million |
Tom the Devil 2 (Besmenian title: Tom der Teufel 2), is a 2024 Besmenian action slapstick black comedy anthology film directed by Martin Wildner. The film is based of the Tom Teufel Comics by Viktor Laffmeyer and the sequel to the 2004 film Tom the Devil by Helmut Rommel. The film is the third film based on the comic series after Tom the Devil (2004) and the animated The Tom Teufel Movie (2019).
The film is dedicated to Viktor Laffmeyer, the creator of Tom the Devil, who died in 2021.
Plot
The film consists of five independent stories, all of which star Franz Waldmitz as the protagonist: Tom Teufel, a 2000 years old devil. The stories take place before the events in the first fil mand are retold by Tom himself as narrator.
A Real Witch (1704)
The witch protests took place in Vorlost in 1704, which led to the burning of witches. After the death of the witch hunter Albrecht, Tom becomes Vorlost's new witch hunter, even though he doesn't believe in witches himself. Some time later, a young woman named Hildegund Buttstädt appears in Vorlost, who is interested in Tom. Shortly afterwards, a love affair begins between the two. On the third date, Tom accidentally discovers Hildegund lighting a fire in the fireplace with her fingers. Shortly afterwards, Tom tries to kill her. A fight breaks out between the two, where Hildegund uses her powers to turn Tom's house into a nightmare house to drive him crazy and kill him. She mentions to Tom that she is the head witch and wanted to try to get control over him because he is the witch hunter. Finally, Tom manages to throw Hildegund into his oven, whereupon she burns and dies. Shortly afterwards, Pastor Ferdinand and the mayor of Vorlost Adelbert come to Tom's house. When Tom wants to tell about Hildegund, the pastor and mayor say that the "alleged head witch" had just been burned in the market square, and Tom is no longer a witch hunter, since with the death of the head witch there are no longer any witches.
The Cannibal of Vorlost (1887)
Tom has been in a relationship with Josefa, a woman from Vitosium, for some time. Tom wants to get a gift for their 6 month anniversary, but has no money. Tom then goes to a cemetery at night and digs up the dead in the hope of finding a diament ring. He notices a long-haired, decrepit man who is eating a human arm and quickly runs away after being noticed by Tom. Tom wants to tell the town about the cannibal. However, the residents of Vorlost think he is a crazy person and the mayor even threatens to send him to a mental asylum if he doesn't give up. His girlfriend Josefa believes him.
On a heavily snowing evening, both of them want to catch the cannibal. Josefa is kidnapped by the cannibal in a very high mountain. Tom, armed with a shotgun, hears Josefa's screams on the mountain and calls the police from a phone booth. Shortly afterwards, Tom goes up the mountain, where he discovers Josefa's dead body in a cave. Shortly afterwards he is attacked by the cannibal. After a fight, the cannibal slips because of the snow and falls 286m into the depths, where he dies, but his body is no longer visible because of the snowstorm. When Tom wants to bring Josefa's dead body to safety, the police arrive and arrest Tom because they believe he is the murderer. Tom is then sent to the Insane Asylum for Hopeless Cases. Tom, as the narrator of the story, says that he only got out because an inmate set the asylum on fire in 1893.
Tom and a Alien Against West Besmenia (1951)
Tom lives in the Besmenian Empire in 1951 and constantly tries to escape across the Inner Besmenian border to East Besmenia using various means, which in many cases degenerate into the bizarre and absurd. One night after another failed escape attempt, Tom notices something crashing in the forest and discovers a crashed spaceship with an alien named Zoppy. Tom gives Zoppy protection and promises to help him repair his spaceship. One obstacle is Tom's current girlfriend Gudrun, who isn't allowed to find out because she can't keep anything to herself and is always curious. While Tom and Zoppy are working on the spaceship at Tom's home, they increasingly come under espionage and surveillance by the State Security of Besmenia and soon have to move to an abandoned house outside the city. After the repairs are finished, Gudrun comes by and is accidentally hit by Tom and becomes unconscious.
After Zoppy flew away again in his spaceship, forces from the State Security of Besmenia and the West Besmenian police arrive and want the alien. Tom, who is afraid of the West Besmenian government, dumps buckets of paint on the unconscious Gudrun to make her look like an alien and ties threads on her. Shortly afterwards, Tom Gudrun parades in front of the house like a puppet to make the SSB and police officers believe that an alien is talking to them. Meanwhile, Gudrun wakes up and starts screaming, which the SSB and police see as an attack and shoot her. Tom is frightened and runs away.
Tom Goes to Laitstadt (1966)
After the West Besmenian Revolution and the opening of the Inner Besmenian border, Tom decides to move to Laitstadt in East Besmenia. Once in Laitstadt, misfortunes continue to happen to Tom, from the theft of his suitcase and money to a misunderstanding with the East Besmenian Premier Johannes Schmidt, until in the end he feels half dead. He realizes that the "foreign" city is not for him and goes back to Vorlost.
Local Dumb Ass Impregnates 19-Year-Old Farmer’s Daughter (1992, 2003)
In 1992, Tom falls in love with the 19-year-old farmer's daughter Veronika Saale, with whom she has a few romantic dates. One day her father Edgar comes to Tom, who tells him that Veronika is pregnant by him and a newspaper with the headline "Local Dumb Ass Impregnates 19-Year-Old Farmer's Daughter" after Tom doesn't believe him. Edgar then forces Tom to marry Veronika.
In 2003, Tom and Veronika live together with their 10-year-old son Moritz in Tom's house. For Tom, the marriage is anything but nice, as Veronika became more serious, meaner and more dominated towards Tom over the years and basically became the "man of the house". Tom meets one day 24-year-old Elisabeth in a bar. He goes with her to his house where they have sex together.
A few days later, Elisabeth comes to Tom's house and tells him that she is pregnant, whereupon Tom is kicked out of his house by Veronika. Here Tom also learns that Elisabeth is the daughter of Hans Valentin, leader of a small mafia with Ochsenbeinian views, which the residents of Vorlost colloquially refer to as the fascist mafia. When Hans learns the news shortly afterwards that Elisabeth is pregnant, he is not happy.
One day Karsten, a member of the fascist mafia, comes and takes Tom hostage and forces him to drive to the mafia's hideout. Dennis Trisch is there, which is another order from Karsten. When he arrives at the hiding place, Hans wants Tom to be killed for impregnating his daughter, since no one who has ever messed with the fascist mafia has ever escaped alive. Together with Dennis, who was also supposed to be killed, Tom flees from the mafia. During a car chase, Tom and Dennis manage to outrun the mafia, who all fall into the Vorlost Gorge and die. Shortly before the impact in the gorge, Elisabeth tells her father Hans that Tom is not the father, but Karsten is the father and that she wanted to protect him.
When they arrive back in Vorlost, Tom and Dennis are cheered by the whole town for having managed to ensure that the mafia is now dead, thanks to which Tom receives a wish from the town. Shortly afterwards, a special operations team comes to Tom's house and takes Veronika with them, meaning the house belongs to Tom again. Tom allows Dennis because of his help to move in with him, whereupon the two become best friends.
Cast
- Franz Waldmitz as Tom Teufel
- Franziska Edelmann as Hildegund
- Ariadna Kelsen-Gray as Josefa
- Jürgen Reimer as The Cannibal
- Peter Grebhahn as Zoppy
- Laura Schwenker as Gudrun
- Petra Treuhof as Veronika Saale/Teufel
- Felix Beckmann as Moritz Teufel
- Anton Fänge as Dennis Trisch
- Paula Schüler as Elisabeth Valentin
- Johannes Winkler as Hans Valentin
Production
A sequel to Tom the Devil was already under discussion in 2005 and many of the actors showed interest in the project. With the death of Helmut Rommel in the summer of 2007, the project was put on hold prematurely. In March 2022 it was first reported that a sequel to Tom the Devil would be released.