Who else here is a german somehow ended up watching people from other countries reacting to this famous film? It's kind of funny, because we know exactly what is going to happen😂
I work in a Czech factory and our forklift drivers get to watch this for their training too. I thinkit is an excelent training video. Everyone remembers it.
My father was involved in the making of the movie, or better planning the movie! It was about the same safety standards throughout Germany! Until then, each federal state had its own safety regulations! The regulations are still active today! It was just a small movie company with a mini budget! The speaker in the video has a well-known voice, everyone knew the program “Der 7. Sinn”, which was about safety tips in road traffic! Funnily enough, the product company didn't have a spokesman and the man was already retired, but he was happy to do it! All the forklift trainees loved the movie!
We have this silly work safety course every 5 years in Finland, it's not mandatory but a lot of workplaces make their workers take it. And this is shown every time! 🤣
"this video really meant to be a safety video" No, DEKRA made a statement that it is not part of the training. But it is most likely that many will show it in training.
yeah, we had this running as in instruction video in logistics. entertaining and informative. plus the gore XD The funny part is the audio commantary. The guy you hear talking is the same guy who gave us germans REAL saftey videos ("Der siebte Sinn" / "the seventh sense") on driving on public tv network in the 70s/80s. This guys voice is so destinctive and everyone growing up in that period knows this voice. And instinctively you know: this is serious stuff! And then they booked him for Klaus. glorious choice! 😋
The film is made in the style of an early 1980s training film by the employers' liability insurance association. Egon Hoegen, known in particular from the serious road safety program "Der 7. Sinn", provides off-screen commentary.
greetings and love from Germany again....well, wasn´t too bad for Klaus. Cause its Germany and Klaus has a very good Health & Liability Insurance, hehe 🤣🤣
I am sure that Klaus is over the point where he needs a health insurance, but a good life insurance might come in handy to cover up the costs for his funeral. 😁
I first watched Staplerfahrer Klaus sometime in the early 2000s. I have never driven a forkift in my whole life but thanks to Klaus I will never forget the safety procedures.
at vocational school/vocational training there was "forklift driver Klaus" during the accident prevention & safety training. i was in my early 30s and laughed my ass off.
Most indoor scenes were filmed at night so not to disturb the daily routine in that storage company that had agreed to let them produce that film. The director wrote in some article about his masterpiece that despite of all care the film-crew exercised not to do any damage the garden-pond pump that was installed in the doll that was used for the headless Klaus had a malfunction. A hose slipped out of its braces and a full bucket of film blood was spred all over the place and the boxes in the shelf. They managed to get it all clean again before the staff could see that the next morning.
To cut or repair boxes and pallets. But as the entire film is a parady on safety-films (the German entry for the Cannes -Festival) that question is more or less unanswerable.
In the end, the poor guy was Two and a Half Men. 😬 That's how these real educational films used to be structured and spoken. I think that in the end, a lot of people saw this film and it actually had a few good tips. So at some point this film was shown in training courses, even if only to amuse the participants. 😂
I worked a summer time job at a JVC storage facility here in Germany back in 89. I saw a palette full of old-school cathode ray TVs get dropped by a forklift from the fifth floor of the warehouse. You can't believe the noise those cathode ray tubes made when they imploded. 😂😂😂
Dont know if i watched this one (im from sweden)but we watched a similar or the same with dub vid on my forklift training. Over the top gory funny but still made to make you realise the actual danger that comes with driving a forklift. Edit: its probably this one
That kind of film is called a "Ufallverhütungsfilm" (i.e.accident prevention movie) and they're even shown in training. It's something you remember, so it really helps in preventing accidents. There are more short films like this. "Friseuse Claudia" (Hairdresser Caludia) and "Elektriker Horst" (Electrician Horst) are two videos that I know, but I'm sure, there are more like this. Both of them can bei found on RU-vid, but you have to check for a version with English subtitles.
It was funny and educational. The speaker usually presented traffic safety programs on TV. Anyone who has seen the video once and is a forklift driver is guaranteed to make fewer mistakes.
Swiss CDL-driver (no forklift-license), we were shown this safety video, too - to learn on how to do things when loading the rigs As for the worst you've ever seen with a forklift - at least that forklift-driver had a beer when he needed it the most... ;)
Die Off Stimme ist Egon Hoegen. Er hatte ab den 1970 er Jahren im TV in der Sendung der 7, Sinn auch die Off Stimme gesprochen, da ging es um Sicherheit beim Autofahren.
This is a training film about occupational safety. I've probably seen it at every safety course since the 2000s. There are also some really great films about load securing, with stunts and really destroyed machines and cars. But this one is the funniest. But there is no shortage of action in training films here. By the way, they used real blood for the film because they didn't have the budget for fake blood. Apparently they had the iron taste of the blood on their tongues for days.
Seriously, this is meant to be an official training video on "working space security" for forklift pilots. It has become so famous that it is part of the training routine in many other professions. The trick is simple: you're not falling asleep watching this one as you certainly would with a more conservative attempt.
A few years ago in my grocery store we had a trainee. Like two weeks in, I went into the storage and saw him standing in an office chair. A turning office chair with frickin' *wheels* underneath. I've been like "Are you stupid!? Get down there before you break your neck!" Yeah, safety regulations are important, although a little bit of common sense is helpful too.
D, if you like this kind of humor, I think you should watch a movie called "Tucker and Dale Vs Evil." It is an absolutely gory laugh fest. P.S. will send you that concert video footage as soon as I can get it from phone to tablet! J
Ja, ja ... as a German I try to say: we got no humour at all. That's probably right ... as the host of the the both WorldWars ... please give us another chance! [Satire is different to Comedy - perhaps "our" way of making "jokes" ... Hitler wasn't a German by the way] ... "Staplerfahrer Klaus" is one of these legends ... Thanks for your response! Stefan, Dortmund [Germany - quite close to The Netherlands]
Hey D, since you like to watch German comedy, I can recommend "Volker Pispers history of USA and terrorism". These videos are not just about the USA, but also about Germany. In the video he speaks in German but the subtitles are, I think, well translated to the point. I enjoy watching your videos, keep up the good work! By the way, Volker is a cabaret artist.
No. It was a parody of actual safety films. They hired the 7th sense narrator to make it more realistic. The fact that you may saw it on a forklift driver education just shows how good they were at imitating the real safety films and being funny while doing it. When this came out and cool educators showed it in class MANY groaned inwardly until they realized it was a splatter comedy disguised as an instructional film.
We get more often 60 minutes i think 45 are law BUT it's not working time so we work 7-16 and one hour break... In don't countries pause is part of working time
OK, a few mishaps like that don't get you fired as a forklift driver, but the severed head does worry me. You only get 6 weeks' sick pay here, and then only 70% from the health insurance company. However, it's an accident at work, so the employer's liability insurance pays 100%. Again, it's his first day, and you're only entitled to it after 4 weeks. These are the important questions that the film doesn't answer.
To be honest, I'm quite disappointed by your reaction to this video. None of this is funny! This video is for safety training. In Germany, we consider safety to be a very, very serious topic. And we will not let anyone make jokes about it! You can clearly see, the events depicted in this video are clearly taking place during working hours. There is no laughing during working hours! Laughing in Germany is only allowed between 11pm and 3am. In low volume, not to disturb the neighbors.
