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Ausgetrickst

1991 · 102 min

A light, talky TV crime comedy that ambles through insurance paperwork and double-crosses toward a wry little twist.

Directed by
Sigi Rothemund
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Tv movie
Starring
Heidelinde Weis, Günther Maria Halmer, Michael Hinz
Overview
Thomas Winter crashes his sports plane into the sea off Corsica. His wife Julia is looking forward to four million marks in life insurance. During the settlement, an employee of the insurance company is remarkably helpful - too helpful for the taste of a detective and an inspector who don't really want to believe in an accident. And suddenly the man who was believed dead runs into his not-so-sad widow...

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Sigi Rothemund
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Tv movie
Starring
Heidelinde Weis, Günther Maria Halmer, Michael Hinz
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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
    • deception
    • greed
    • betrayal
    • crime
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • twist ending
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour5
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, crime, tv movie
    Directed by
    Sigi Rothemund
    Written by
    Neithardt Riedel, Krystian Martinek
    Starring
    Heidelinde Weis, Günther Maria Halmer, Michael Hinz, Siegfried W. Kernen, Michael Schreiner, Andreas Mannkopff, Peter Striebeck, Torsten Münchow
    Music
    Michael Hofmann de Boer
    Cinematography
    Rolf Liccini
    Runtime
    102 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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