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Alive and Ticking
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Alive and Ticking

2011-07-07 · 86 min · ★ 6.4

Comedy · Drama · Family

Eva lives a happy life with her ​​father, an unsuccessful but always optimistic car salesman, her consumerist mother, and her quirky grandmother. But Eva is a tad different - she suffers from Tourette's syndrome. Her family has long been accustomed to her tics and the accompanying insults and bullying, and Eva has come to grips with her role as an outsider. When her father gets a job offer to work in Berlin, they must suddenly leave their familiar surroundings. But Eva won't have it, this move must be prevented - at any price!

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Directors
Andi Rogenhagen
Production companies
NDR, ARTE, ARD, Wüste Film, Wüste Film West
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jasna Fritzi BauerJasna Fritzi BauerEva Strumpf
Victoria TrauttmansdorffVictoria TrauttmansdorffMutter Strumpf
Waldemar KobusWaldemar KobusDaniel Strumpf
Stefan KurtStefan KurtOnkel Bernie
Renate DelfsRenate DelfsOma Strumpf
Falk RockstrohFalk RockstrohBankdirektor
Katja LiebingKatja LiebingBankangestellte
Traute HoessPsychaterin
Nora TschirnerNora TschirnerPersonalleiterin
Neil Malik AbdullahNeil Malik AbdullahBusfahrer
André ErkauAndré ErkauPilzsucher
Stefan LampadiusStefan LampadiusPilzsucher
Thorsten LoebPolizist
Stefan PreissPilzsucher
Jörg ReimersNotar
Jürgen RißmannJürgen RißmannJohnny Blaubeermarmelade
Carole SchmittMadame de Dampierre
Gabriele SchulzeGabriele SchulzeVerkäuferin im Esoterik-Markt
Christian TascheChristian TascheChef im Zooladen
Andreas WindhuisFörster

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