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Next Year at Lake Balaton
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Next Year at Lake Balaton

1980-06-26 · 90 min · ★ 5.0

Comedy · Drama

Jonas and Ines are in love and want to spend their vacation together camping on the Baltic coast. But Ines’s narrow-minded parents intervene and insist that the young couple joins the family vacation. Problems arise, so everyone ends up traveling to the Bulgarian Black Sea on their own. Along the way, Jonas meets a beautiful Dutch girl who is going to India via Turkey…

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Directors
Herrmann Zschoche
Production companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Countries
Germany, East Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Gudrun RitterGudrun RitterIrene Moldenschütt
Peter BausePeter BauseHeinz Moldenschütt
Fred DelmareFred DelmareOtto Schmiedel
Günter SchubertGünter SchubertKalle
René RudolphRené RudolphJonas
Kareen SchröterShireen
Odette BereskaInes Moldenschütt
Hannes StelzerOrdner
Bohumil VávraProhazka
Heide KippHeide KippGisela
Stanimir Stoilov
Lajos Cs. NémethLajos Cs. Németh

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