Schultze Gets the Blues is a fine little movie about a man named Schultze who lives in East Germany. He works in a salt mine and one day he, along with two friends, are abruptly "retired" from the company. They are given a block of salt with a light inside and sent on their way. Schultze plays the accordion for a local band but aside from his music he is having difficulty filling all the extra spare time on his hands.
Late one night Schultze hears a Zydeco song on the radio and this moves him to pick up his accordion and play the song he just heard on the radio. Undeterred by the fact he can't speak English Schultze decides to pack up and head to Louisiana to fully immerse himself in Cajun music and life.
There is nothing really "wrong" with this movie but I feel it could have used some more editing. In the end it was a very good 120 minute movie that would have made an excellent 90 minute movie. You wouldn't have even had to edit out a lot of major scenes, just trimmed some of the existing scenes and maybe lose one or two scenes that failed to progress the story.
Still, though, this is a good movie. Anyone with even a passing interest in Cajun music, or Polka for that matter, should watch this movie.
*** out of *****
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