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Men...

1985 · 95 min

A wry, talky comedy of manners that keeps you amused as two men circle each other with wit and quiet absurdity.

Directed by
Doris Dörrie
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener
Overview
A successful, womanizing middle-aged man decides to move out of the house he shares with his wife after she confesses to having an affair. He looks for a new place to live and ends up moving into his wife's lover's apartment as a roommate. The husband begins to take an interest in the artistic work of the lover and coaches him for a big job interview. Little does he know that the job he's helping the lover to get is within his own company... A story about strange circumstances and the limits of friendship.

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Directed by
Doris Dörrie
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • love
  • friendship
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener, Dietmar Bär, Edith Volkmann, Janna Marangosoff, Marie-Charlott Schüler, Monika Schwarz
Music
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Cinematography
Helge Weindler
Runtime
95 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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