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Was haben wir gelacht
2026 · 96 min
A reflective, affectionate look back at small-screen comedy, mixing laughter with a quiet sting of frustration at how women were once treated.
- Directed by
- Eva Müller, Isabel Schneider
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Hella von Sinnen, Esther Schweins, Maren Kroymann
- Overview
- An entire generation of Germans was raised on male comedians. But what about their female counterparts? Maren Kroymann, Hella von Sinnen, Bettina Böttinger, Esther Schweins, and Gaby Köster look back at the way women were portrayed on TV in the 1990s and early 2000s, when jokes at women’s expense were the order of the day.
- How it feels
- Earnest, satirical, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Gender, media, identity, class
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Eva Müller, Isabel Schneider
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Hella von Sinnen, Esther Schweins, Maren Kroymann




