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45 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
How to Make a Bed
1981 1h 46m DE
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Comedy
Synopsis
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George, an aging elderly gentleman, finds himself in the middle of a mid-life crisis. An affair with a younger woman makes him blossom. However, his wife soon finds out what her husband is up to without her and takes this as license to have an affair with a younger man. Turbulent complications are the result, because everyone tries to keep everything a secret from the other. That can only go haywire.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Wolfgang Spier
George
Petra Verena Milchert
Jane
Ingeborg Schöner
Wife
Sigmar Solbach
Student
Corinna Genest
Girlfriend
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Hans Sommerfeld
- Writers
- Leslie Darbon, Richard Harris
- Languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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The take
Hans Sommerfeld directs. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 145 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Wolfgang Spier and Petra Verena Milchert and Ingeborg Schöner carry the top of the cast.
- 4IMDB entry: tt0262900 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 106 min · 1h 46m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
Key crew
- Script ConsultantWolfgang Spier
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1981-08-08
