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Martha lives in Hamburg with her young son and makes films with real passion. To stay close to the pulse of society, she has moved in with a Portuguese family. Teresa helps foreigners navigate bureaucracy, while Martha tries to build a romance with Alfred. Their shared everyday life reflects West German realities, captured spontaneously and with sarcastic wit.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 62GoodWatch 71
IMDb6.2
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than most comedies, −12 min on the typical 100
typical 10088Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries
Released
1985
October 25, 1985
41 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
- Germany
and 2 moreDirecting · 1
- Pia Frankenberg Director, Writer, Producer
Writing · 1
- Klaus Bueb Writer
Camera · 1
- Thomas Mauch Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Ursula West Editor
Sound · 1
- Horst Mühlbradt Music
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