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Meier( 1986)

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Light comedy with the joke on Honecker

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Rainer Grenkowitz

      Meier

    2. cast image

      Nadja Engelbrecht

      Nadja

    3. cast image

      Alexander Hauff

      Kalle

    4. cast image

      Thomas Bestvater

      Erwin

    5. cast image

      René Grams

      Klausi

    6. cast image

      Dieter Hildebrandt

      Kellner

    7. cast image

      Johanna Karl-Lory

      Oma Krause

    8. cast image

      Joachim Kemmer

      Kretschmer

    9. cast image

      Dagmar Biener

      Moni

    10. cast image

      Klaus Münster

      Grenzbeamter

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      Wolfgang Nusche

      Onkel Werner

    12. cast image

      Horst Pinnow

      Kuno

    13. cast image

      Eberhard Prüter

      Beamter

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      Tamara Rohloff

      Hübsche

    15. cast image

      Susanne Schiffmann-Grabe

      Ulla

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      Edith Teichmann

      Tante Inge

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    A review by germish

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    Written by germish on Sat 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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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • berlin, germany
    • germany
    • east berlin
    • historical
    • east germany
    • political satire