I don't think it can be because of violence, they didn't banned other movies that had this kind of level of violence.
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There is no violence, but the gore is just extreme. But only a few countries with a sense of humour can see the funny side and dish this out uncut as they see it as a spoof.
shareI don't know why it was banned in Germany. However, grown up movie lovers all over Germany complain about these stupid censorship rules, with films getting cut or banned (latest one I know of is the Korean movie "I saw the devil".) Luckily, we have our Austrian neighbours that sell uncut movies plus the www of course.
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