The Last Viking (4 Stars)

This is the first film in the Stuttgart Weird Weekender Festival.

Anker and Manfred grow up together after their mother dies and their father unexpectedly disappears. Manfred suffers from dissociative personality disorder. He thinks he's a Viking, and even dresses as a Viking when he goes to school. Anker looks after him to stop him being bullied.

As an adult, Anker takes part in a bank robbery. He knows that the police will catch him, so he entrusts his share of the money (two million dollars) to his brother. 15 years later he's released from prison, and Manfred's mental state has deteriorated further. He now thinks he's John Lennon, and he can no longer remember where he buried the cash, because he's become a different person. Anker is advised that the only way to cure Manfred is to convince him he really is John Lennon. There's another mental patient who believes he's Ringo Starr, and a third mental patient who believes he's Paul McCartney and George Harrison in one person, so Anker brings them together to reunite the Beatles.

The comedy in "The Last Viking" is ridiculous, but it works. It's a very good film.