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Nonstop Trouble with the Family
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Nonstop Trouble with the Family

1985-02-08 · 88 min · ★ 6.6

Comedy

A series of murders eliminates the poverty-stricken heirs to a 10 million-dollar fortune while Didi Dodel, the unsuspecting main heir, blithely escapes the attempts on his life. After a wealthy miser dies and leaves his fortune to Didi and five others, the five each hit upon the idea of eliminating Didi from the list (Didi does not know he has been named), but they do not realize how fate can step in and alter the best and worst of intentions.

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Directors
Dieter Hallervorden, Christian Rateuke
Production companies
UFA Filmproduktion GmbH, ZDF
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Dieter HallervordenDieter HallervordenDieter Dödel
Wolfgang KielingWolfgang KielingNotar Prätorius
Gerhard WollnerGerhard WollnerKommissar Becker
Christoph HofrichterChristoph HofrichterLangenhagen
Gert BurkardGert BurkardRüdiger
Harald EffenbergHarald EffenbergTheo
Gert HauckeGert HauckeHauswirt
Inge WolffbergInge WolffbergKrankenschwester
Margit GeisslerMargit GeisslerBabsie
Herbert WeißbachMr. Stuckenschmidt
Gundula PetrovskaGundula PetrovskaKellnerin
Peter SchiffPeter SchiffKoch
Wolfried LierWolfried LierMeister
Lutz RiedelLutz RiedelBodo
Karl SchulzAlfredo

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