Enlightenment Guaranteed (2000)
Overview
Two middle aged German brothers - one New Age and recently divorced, the other uptight and sceptical - travel to a Zen monastery in Japan in search of enlightenment, or perhaps just in search of themselves.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | de |
| Popularity | 2.691 |
Directed By
Doris Dörrie
Crew
Doris Dörrie
TOP CAST
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Uwe
Gustav Peter Wöhler
Gustav
Petra Zieser
Petra
Ulrike Kriener
Ulrike
Heiner Lauterbach
Heiner
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