“Whoever shouts is right!”
Returnee Willy von Mühlenbeck has to realize that his evil brother Martin has risen to become the head of the industrialist family, while their ailing mother is in the hands of sinister doctors. When he falls in love with the terminally ill Els, fate takes a tragic course.
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Cast
22 people
Brigitte Kausch
Mutter
Also in
The German Chainsaw Massacre
Terror 2000
Karl Friedrich Mews
Willy von Mühlenbeck
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Christoph Schlingensief
Kim Ludolf Koch
Helge Schneider
Martin von Mühlenbeck
Known for
My Führer
00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter
Susanne Bredehöft
Els
Known for
Perfume
The Princess and the Warrior
Anna Fechter
Schwester Anna
Also in
Menu Total
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Sergej Gleithmann
Dr. Himmel
Known for
00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter
Dieter Lersch
Julien
Udo Kier
Herr Seiler
Known for
Hunters
Blade
Andreas Kunze
Pastor Kippling
Known for
00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter
Irmgard Freifrau von Berswordt-Wallrabe
Tante Martha
Also in
Terror 2000
The 120 Days of Bottrop
Christoph Schlingensief Director · Mathias Colli Writer Helge Schneider Composer
First release October 28, 1988 · Produced in Germany · Production DEM Film
Production
Hymen II
Production
DEM Film
Production
Germany
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Original title
Mutters Maske
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · October 28, 1988
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
June 22, 2000 · TV
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