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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
Sophie "inherits" her uncle's preserved whale and finds out that whoever sleeps in the whale's belly with her will be granted one wish, causing chaos and hatred in the village.
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Audiences 64GoodWatch 58
IMDb6.4
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 10098Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1997
September 20, 1997
29 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
Austria
and 10 more20 people
- Maria SchraderSophie Moor
- Eva HerzigMaria Johler
- GKGeorges KernHerr Landauer
- August SchmölzerBürgermeister
- Karl MerkatzHerr Johler
- Bibiana ZellerFrau Johler
- Rudolf WesselyPfarrer
- MLManuel LöfflerWenzel
- Erwin LederGendarm Hermann
- HFHannes FretzerGendarm Anton (als Johannes Fretzer)
- Rainer EggerSekretär
Heinrich SchweigerHerr Fink- GSGabriela SchmollFrau Fink
Johannes ZeilerBasil
Beatrice FreyFrau Bürgermeister- GRGerhard RühmkorfWirt
Michou FrieszWirtin (als Michou Frieß)- MKMathias KahlerDer Sportler
Mátyás DráfiRoberto- HHHanna HeldCarls Mutter
Directing · 1
- Robert Dornhelm Director
Writing · 1
- Michael Köhlmeier Writer
Production · 2
- Norbert Blecha Producer
- Gerhard Hannak Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Michael Riebl Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Klaus Hundsbichler Editor
Sound · 2
- Harald Kloser Music
- Stanislav Litera Sound
Art · 2
- Christoph Kanter Art Direction
- Christian Marin Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Max Wohlkönig Costume Design
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