(''Three chords for hallelujah'' in English) is a documentary, directed by

Trini Trimpop Trinidadians and Tobagonians, colloquially known as Trinis or Trinbagonians, are the people who are identified with the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The country is home to people of many different national, ethnic and religious origins. As a ...

, about the history of the German band

Die Toten Hosen Die Toten Hosen (literally "The Dead Trousers", figuratively "The Deadbeats") is a German punk rock band from Düsseldorf. History The current members of Die Toten Hosen are Campino (Andreas Frege), Kuddel (Andreas von Holst), Vom (Stephe ...

between 1982 and 1988. The movie first appeared as VHS in November 1989 after the release of the band's album '' Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau'', which made them known to a wider audience for the first time, but It was not till July 18, 1991, that the film was first shown on the big screen. In 2004 it was rewarded with a golden record. In 2006 the director Stefan Kloos added comments from the band member Campino and the band's representative Uwe Faust to the 89 minutes long film and launched it as

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, as which it climbed to the 46th place of the

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* 1989 films West German films 1980s German-language films Documentary films about punk music and musicians 1980s German films {{1980s-Germany-film-stub