Kunst und Populärkultur im Film: Sie nannten ihn Jeeg Robot

In the organizer's words:

THEY CALLED HIM JEEG ROBOT (ital. OmU)

Lecture and film series KUNST UND POPULÄRÄRKTULR IM FILM in cooperation with the Institute for European Art History and the Romance Department of Heidelberg University

Date: 06.05.2026, 19:30, Gloria
Moderation: Henry Keazor

I 2015 | Director: Gabriele Mainetti | 118 min | FSK 16

A Roman pickpocket gains superhuman powers through contact with nuclear waste, which he uses for his own ends. Only when he unexpectedly becomes the protector of a mentally retarded woman does he find his true destiny and take up the fight with a megalomaniac mafioso. An imaginative, refreshingly black-humored superhero comedy that moves confidently through a wild mix of styles... (filmdienst)

"Weird characters, crazy stunts, a bloody mafia war, vocal interludes and fantasy elements - the daring way in which the Italian Gabriele Mainetti stages his THEY CALLED HIM JEEG ROBOT is sure to blow many viewers away" TV SPIELFILM