A young couple moves to a gated community (named Sechzehneichen), where soon the creative wife (a photographer) gets bored and the husband joins a secret mens' club. All the other wives seem strangely conservative and shallow. Basically a thinly veiled take on the Stepford Wives, just without any bit of humor or atmosphere, but instead filled with the sterile, unflinching and dry seriousness that makes watching a lot of our German films such a drag and a miserable experience.
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Cast
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Heike Makatsch
Laura Eichhorn
Known for
Resident Evil
The Book Thief
Mark Waschke
Nils Eichhorn
Known for
Dark
Generation War
Henk Handloegten
Jörg Himstedt
Sandra Borgmann
Ella
Known for
Dark
Perfume
Achim von Borries
Liane Jessen
Marc Hosemann
Ludwig
Known for
Perfume
Murder Mindfully
Alexander Beyer
Konstantin
Known for
The Little Drummer Girl
Deutschland
Stella Dunze
Anwohnerin
Anatole Taubman
Ansgar
Known for
Dark
The Pillars of the Earth
Stefanie Stappenbeck
Valerie
Known for
Class Reunion 1.0
Nick: Off Duty
Hendrik Handloegten Director · Achim von Borries Writer
First release November 28, 2012 · Produced in Germany · Production ARD
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HR
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ARD
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Germany
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · November 28, 2012
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