Ödipussi

1988 1h 28m DE

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7.0

SOLID

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7.4

IMDB

★7.0TMDB · 124★7.4IMDB · 4,660

Comedy

Synopsis

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Paul Winkelmann is the CEO of a successful business in Hamburg that he took over after the death of his father eight years ago. But he is still strongly dominated by his 78 year old mother who cares for him as a child, and who cannot understand why he took an apartment on his own after all these years. The real "problem" starts when Paul gets to know psychologist Margarethe Tietze whose relationship to her parents is also not so easy after all.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Loriot
Paul Winkelmann
Evelyn Hamann
Margarethe Tietze
Katharina Brauren
Paul's Mother
Edda Seippel
Gerda Tietze
Richard Lauffen
Kurt Tietze
Klaus Schultz
Mr. Weber
Rosemarie Fendel
Frau Westphal
Walter Hoor
Ballett Master

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Loriot
Writers: Loriot
Languages: German, Italian
Countries: Germany

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RUNTIME

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

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ERA

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

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Italian.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Loriot, shot by Xaver Schwarzenberger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Rolf A. Wilhelm. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Dagmar Hirtz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Loriot and Evelyn Hamann and Katharina Brauren carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0094407 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Loriot directs. Xaver Schwarzenberger behind the camera. Rolf A. Wilhelm scores. Dagmar Hirtz cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German, Italian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
238 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, Italian.
4Directed by Loriot, shot by Xaver Schwarzenberger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Rolf A. Wilhelm. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Dagmar Hirtz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Loriot and Evelyn Hamann and Katharina Brauren carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0094407 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.