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Summary
What a man is a comedy that tells the story of a young professor, Alex (Matthias Schweighofer), who after being left by his girlfriend Caroline (Mavie Hörbiger), begins a journey to know himself. But how do you overcome the difficulties of a man today? Or rather what is it that makes a man a man?
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 45Audiences 44GoodWatch 40
Tomatometer50%
Metascore39
IMDb5.5
Audience score33%
Running time
1 h 35 min
A typical length for comedies, −5 min on the typical 100
typical 10095Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 10 countries, rent or buy in 14 more
Released
2011
August 25, 2011
15 years ago
Genres
ComedyRomanceLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishTurkishMade in
- Germany
and 8 moreDirecting · 2
- Matthias Schweighöfer Director, Screenplay, Producer
- Torsten Künstler Director
Writing · 1
- Doron Wisotzky Screenplay
Production · 5
- Pamir Demirtas Executive Producer
- Dan Maag Producer
- Marco Beckmann Producer
- Gabriela Bacher Producer
- Emrah Ertem Casting
Camera · 1
- Bernhard Jasper Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Hans Horn Editor
Sound · 5
- Andrej Melita Original Music Composer
- Peter Horn Original Music Composer
- Florian Beck Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Daniel Weis Sound Editor
- Michael Busch Sound
Art · 3
- Bertram Strauß Production Design
- Christine Pflanz Set Decoration
- Oliver Koch Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Katharina Schnelting Costume Design
- Charlotte Chang Makeup Artist
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