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Hooray, It's a Boy!

1953 · 90 min

A gentle, old-fashioned domestic comedy that ambles along pleasantly without asking much of you.

Overview
The honest Professor Weber sees his happy family life at risk when a young man appears.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Georg Jacoby, Ernst Marischka
    Starring
    Theo Lingen, Walter Müller, Ingrid Lutz, Paul Westermeier, Adrian Hoven, Erna Sellmer, Ruth Lommel, Grethe Weiser
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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