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Polterabend

1940 · 90 min

A light, chatty farce of mistaken identities and close calls, more pleasant than laugh-out-loud, best enjoyed without much scrutiny.

Overview
Rudi, who’s been quite the ladies’ man, finally wants to settle down and marry Hilde. So as to not get into a touchy situation with all his many women, he plans to bring them all together the night before his wedding. While sitting alone in his apartment and burning all his old photos and love letters, he notices a woman in the garden. She assets, that she’s hiding from a stubborn admirer and he stupidly offers her to come in … and then it all begins! First, his wife-to-be Hilde shows up, who wants to spend the night before their wedding together. While Rudi tries to hide the unknown woman in his bedroom, a hotel detective shows up and claims he’s following a thief.

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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
    • love
    • deception
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism6
    Romance5
    Tension4
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Carl Boese
    Written by
    Reinhold Meißner
    Starring
    Rudi Godden, Camilla Horn, Grethe Weiser, Maria Andergast, Ralph Arthur Roberts, Volker von Collande, Franz Zimmermann, Kurt Vespermann
    Cinematography
    Eduard Hoesch
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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