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Ach Egon!

1961 · 98 min

A gentle, silly farce of mistaken arrivals and domestic panic, played broad and harmless for easy laughs.

Directed by
Wolfgang Schleif
Genres
Comedy
Overview
Pediatrician Waldemar Weber is at his wits' end. Of all days, his adopted son Egon—from his first marriage, whom Waldemar has always kept a secret from his young wife Henny—has announced he’s coming to visit on their first wedding anniversary. Waldemar must stop Egon at all costs. When Egon finally shows up at the door, he turns out to be a monkey trainer.

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Directed by
Wolfgang Schleif
Genres
Comedy
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • deception
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight2

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