Meier (1986)
Overview
Meier, a paperhanger in East Berlin, inherits from his father in West Berlin. With this money he wants to fulfil himself the dream of his life: a journey around the world. He buys a forged West German passport and pretends to go on a trip to Bulgaria while he really is off to see the free world. When he wants to return to East Berlin he finds himself in an unbelievable predicament and his double life begins. He can't keep away from his East German friends. As with all the best comedies, the action builds up to an eventual crisis. It's a light comedy, which won several national Film Academy Awards. The film is very political, with lots of political jokes/innuendos which only Germans will understand. One is left feeling what a total obscenity that stupid Wall was, dividing one people for 30 years (1-2 Generations) simply by the coincidence on where you just happen to be in the early morning on the 13th August 1961.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | de |
| Popularity | 1.753 |
Directed By
Peter Timm
TOP CAST
Rainer Grenkowitz
Meier
Nadja Engelbrecht
Nadja
Alexander Hauff
Kalle
Thomas Bestvater
Erwin
René Grams
Klausi
Dieter Hildebrandt
Kellner
Johanna Karl-Lory
Oma Krause
Joachim Kemmer
Kretschmer
Dagmar Biener
Moni
Klaus Münster
Grenzbeamter
Wolfgang Nusche
Onkel Werner
Horst Pinnow
Kuno
Eberhard Prüter
Beamter
Tamara Rohloff
Hübsche
Edith Teichmann
Tante Inge
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