Ernest geht zum Militär

John Cherry here attempts to revive the late-series Ernest cycle. Our hapless hero enlists, only to stumble into a dictator's plot near a war-torn village. He then adopts a lost boy. It just about manages to be a film.

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John Cherry directed Ernest geht zum Militär in 1998. See John Cherry's full filmography, where to start with John Cherry, or where to go after you've seen everything by John Cherry.

Ernest geht zum Militär was released in 1998 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 85 minutes.