Lina Braake
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After the death of the owner of the house Lina Braake is living in, the house is accrued to the bank. During the complete refurbishment of the building, the 81-year old woman is thrown out of her flat and is put in an old people′s home. There she meets 84-year old Gustaf. Together, the lively seniors come up with a plan to trick the bank with a smart credit fraud and take their revenge. They need the money to buy a country house on Sardinia and leave Germany for good. Although their coup proves to be successful, the bank soon finds Lina. But due to her old age she cannot be tried anymore.
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Cast
19 people
Lina Carstens
Lina Braake
Also in
Der Bastian
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Fritz Rasp
Gustaf Haertlein
Known for
Metropolis
Diary of a Lost Girl
Peter Märthesheimer
Bernhard Sinkel
Also in
Sunday Painting
Caesar and Cleopatra
Nikos Perakis
Herbert Bötticher
Johannes Koerner
Also in
Ich heirate eine Familie
The Twelve Jurors
Alf Brustellin
Also in
Tales of the Dumpster Kid
Sunday Painting
Erica Schramm
Lene Schöner
Known for
Bluebeard
Heidi Genée
Benno Hoffmann
Jawlonski
Known for
Werner - Volles Rooäää!!!
The Cow and I
Joe Haider
Ellen Mahlke
Scholz
Also in
MS Franziska
Bernhard Sinkel Director · Heidi Genée Editor Nikos Perakis Production designer
United States release October 1, 1976 · Produced in Germany · Production WDR, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Production
Bernhard Sinkel Filmproduktion
Production
WDR
Production
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · June 30, 1975
Premiere
Germany · July 11, 1975
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 1976
Chicago International Film Festival
France
June 20, 1979
Germany
April 16, 2026 · Theatrical · Re-release
Hungary
February 23, 1978
Japan
January 28, 1977
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