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Money

1989 · 90 min

A light, offbeat caper that turns a desperate act into a playful, romantic tangle of ordinary people.

Directed by: Doris Dörrie
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Billie Zöckler, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Sybille Waury

Overview: One day, Carmen Müller realizes that her husband Werner has been unemployed for months and has accumulated debts of 80,000 DM in their bank account. She comes up with a plan to rob her bank. When the branch manager and neighbor Lothar Fuchs, whom Carmen has always envied for his beauty and wealth, recognizes her, she takes him hostage. In their hideout in the Allgäu, the banker falls in love with the housewife, just as Werner and Fuchs' mistress Gabriele grow closer. The quartet form an alliance and defraud the bank together. Having come into money so suddenly, the Müllers don't feel comfortable either and secretly distribute their fortune around the neighborhood.

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Directed by: Doris Dörrie
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Billie Zöckler, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Sybille Waury

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
greed
love
betrayal
freedom
Places: big city
countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
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Humour	7
Realism	6
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Doris Dörrie
Starring: Billie Zöckler, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Sybille Waury, Fabian Koerner, Sunnyi Melles, August Zirner, Ulrike Kriener, Silvia Nentwig
Music: Phillip Johnston
Cinematography: Helge Weindler
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German

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