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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

Colonel Mortimer's son Gregory, his pride and joy, returns to the ancestral Cornish estate by the sea for the summer after loosing that year's only Horse Guards officer promotion to his neighbor-buddy Eric. By ancestral tradition, that means another delay too for his long-planned marriage with neighbor's daughter Rebecca, who already doubts if the are actually in love. Mortimer's new housekeeper Elisabeth proves irresistible for father (platonically) and son, but is held back by a family secret concerning her late mother Catherine. Eric also has a confession to make.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

Diana Staehly
Elisabeth

Klaus Wildbolz
Mortimer

Bruno Bruni Jr.
Gregory

Alexandra Schalaudek
Rebecca
Bigi Fischer
Lady Margaret
Frank Behnke
James
Timo Hübsch
Eric
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Thomas Hezel directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.
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FFP New Media
DE

ZDF
DE

ORF
AT
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