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Ödipussi

1988-03-10 · 88 min · ★ 7.0

Comedy

Paul Winkelmann is the CEO of a successful business in Hamburg that he took over after the death of his father eight years ago. But he is still strongly dominated by his 78 year old mother who cares for him as a child, and who cannot understand why he took an apartment on his own after all these years. The real "problem" starts when Paul gets to know psychologist Margarethe Tietze whose relationship to her parents is also not so easy after all.

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Production details

Directors
Loriot
Production companies
Bavaria Film, Südwestfunk, Rialto Film
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

LoriotLoriotPaul Winkelmann
Evelyn HamannEvelyn HamannMargarethe Tietze
Katharina BraurenKatharina BraurenPaul's Mother
Edda SeippelEdda SeippelGerda Tietze
Richard LauffenKurt Tietze
Klaus SchultzMr. Weber
Rosemarie FendelRosemarie FendelFrau Westphal
Walter HoorBallett Master
Rose Renée RothAunt Mechthild
Udo ThomerUdo ThomerMr. Meier-Grabenhorst
Heinz MeierHeinz MeierMr. Müller
Hans-Günter MartensDr. Schnoor
Erich SchwarzOber im Vereinslokal
Jörg AdaeHerr Kempe
Eberhard FechnerDr. Giesebrecht
Dagmar BienerDagmar BienerFrau Mengelberg
Charlotte AsendorfMrs. Melzer
Nikolaus SchillingMr. Melzer
April De LucaFrl. Hagebusch
Karl-Ulrich MevesSlipverkäufer

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