The Terrible Threesome

"The journey from motif to motif"

1991 1h 19m DE

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7.3

SOLID

★7.3TMDB · 3

Drama

Synopsis

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Black comedy about a lucrative business. Grandmother, mother and daughter live together in a love-hate-relationship and run their business with divided responsibilities: via marriage ads they are looking for candidates. It’s the daughter that gets dressed and styled according to the new mission: no matter if vamp or tree-hugger she twists the men around her little finger until they clear their accounts from all the savings. The money ends up in coffee tins stored in grandma’s fridge. But where do the men end up when they discover the secret of the trio?

“The journey from motif to motif”

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Cast

Barbara Auer
Maria Grund
Karin Baal
Gertrud Grund
Ruth Hellberg
Emmi Grund
Edgar Selge
Werner Hennes
Burghart Klaußner
Hausbesitzer
Donata Höffer
Freundin
Günter Lüdke
Alfred Rücker

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hermine Huntgeburth
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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RUNTIME

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Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

CAST

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Barbara Auer and Karin Baal and Ruth Hellberg carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The journey from motif to motif".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0102098 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hermine Huntgeburth directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
235 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Barbara Auer and Karin Baal and Ruth Hellberg carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "The journey from motif to motif".
6IMDB entry: tt0102098 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.