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5.6/10 • 5

1986-05-221h 35m

ComedyFamily

Light comedy with the joke on Honecker

Meier, a paperhanger in East Berlin, inherits from his father in West Berlin. With this money he wants to fulfil himself the dream of his life: a journey around the world. He buys a forged West German passport and pretends to go on a trip to Bulgaria while he really is off to see the free world. When he wants to return to East Berlin he finds himself in an unbelievable predicament and his double life begins. He can't keep away from his East German friends. As with all the best comedies, the action builds up to an eventual crisis. It's a light comedy, which won several national Film Academy Awards. The film is very political, with lots of political jokes/innuendos which only Germans will understand. One is left feeling what a total obscenity that stupid Wall was, dividing one people for 30 years (1-2 Generations) simply by the coincidence on where you just happen to be in the early morning on the 13th August 1961.

Directors
Peter Timm

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Rainer Grenkowitz

    Rainer Grenkowitz

    Meier

  2. Nadja Engelbrecht

    Nadja Engelbrecht

    Nadja

  3. Alexander Hauff

    Alexander Hauff

    Kalle

  4. Thomas Bestvater

    Thomas Bestvater

    Erwin

  5. René Grams

    René Grams

    Klausi

  6. Dieter Hildebrandt

    Dieter Hildebrandt

    Kellner

  7. Johanna Karl-Lory

    Johanna Karl-Lory

    Oma Krause

  8. Joachim Kemmer

    Joachim Kemmer

    Kretschmer

  9. Dagmar Biener

    Dagmar Biener

    Moni

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germish

Jul 21, 2012

The film is very political, with lots of political jokes/innuendos which only Germans will understand. One is left feeling what a total obscenity that stupid Wall was dividing one people for 30 years (1-2 Generations) simply by the coincidence on where you just happen to be on the early morning on the 13th August 1961.

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    German
    Budget
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    Keywords
    berlin, germanygermanyeast berlinhistoricaleast germanypolitical satire