The Prank

The Prank (2025) is a family, comedy film directed by Benjamin Heisenberg rated 7.0/10.

When 12-year-old Chinese exchange student Xi Zhou's April Fools' prank goes disastrously wrong, it drags his host family, their son Lucas, and his crush Charlotte (Charly) into a tumultuous adventure full of gangsters, cash and chaos. With the mafia, a crew of rapper-thugs, and a bumbling police duo in pursuit, Lucas and Xi must team up to fix the mess they’ve created. Their only hope? Pulling off one final, genius prank.

Cast

Noèl Gabriel Kipp

Lucas

Max Zheng

Xi Zhou

Cedric Eich

Schaaf

Maïmouna Mbacke

Charly Neumann

Jana McKinnon

Caro Roosen

Yasin el Harrouk

Rashid

Laura Tonke

Maria Roosen

Mehdi Nebbou

Lutz Roosen

Lukas Miko

Ralf

Philippe Graber

Peter Kurtz

Tilla Kratochwil

Beate Lendel

Branko Tomović

Ragno Ronny