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Charleys Tante

1996 · 84 min

A light, silly farce full of mistaken identities and broad laughs, easy to watch and forget.

Overview
Investment advisor Stefan Lohmann has defrauded master butcher Waldemar Pückler of five million euros. He therefore wants to travel to Munich to meet the 'cattle baroness' Lucia d'Alvarez and do business with her. Lohmann also travels to Munich to go into hiding. He meets Lucia and falls in love with her, but then has a momentous encounter with his victim.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • deception
  • identity
  • love
  • crime
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Sönke Wortmann
Written by
Robert Kulzer, Herman Weigel
Starring
Thomas Heinze, Anya Hoffmann, Horst Krause, Max Raabe, Dorkas Kiefer, Kerstin Landsmann, Heinrich Eyerund, Niels Ruf
Music
Chris Jones
Cinematography
Lukas Strebel
Runtime
84 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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