Der Durchdreher

1979 1h 34m DE

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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The chaotic journalist Maximilian Glanz is working on his big book that will never be finished, answers letters to the editor of a tabloid newspaper and dreams of escaping to an island and leaving everything behind. His marriage is in crisis. And on the day of his divorce, he meets a new woman in a rear-end collision, who has also just been divorced and with whom he plunges headlong into a new relationship.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Towje Kleiner
Maximilian Glanz
Helmut Fischer
Lino
Ilse Neubauer
Henni Finkenzeller
Alexander May
Glorias Vater
Richard Münch
Verleger
Barbara Valentin
Glorias Freundin
Kurt Raab
Mann von Glorias Freundin
Helen Vita
Frau von Hagen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Helmut Dietl
Writers: Helmut Dietl
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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1 / 5

ERA

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47 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 5

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Towje Kleiner and Helmut Fischer and Ilse Neubauer carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0078617 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Helmut Dietl directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

Trivia

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147 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Towje Kleiner and Helmut Fischer and Ilse Neubauer carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt0078617 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.