“A really sweet disaster”
To get one over on her husband, molecular biologist Leo Kaminski, Lydia Kaminski-Smith sets about cultivating bacteria that decompose waste and thus solve the garbage problem. Some insatiable microbes turn paper into sugar. Once released, nothing is safe from them - not books, letters or files. Everything turns to sugar. The sweet catastrophe progresses inexorably...
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Cast
13 people
Helmuth Lohner
Leo Kaminski
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Hannibal Brooks
Sally Sander
Lydia Kaminski
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News Report on a Journey to a Bright Future
Bruce Spence
Robert Flemming
Known for
Mad Max 2
Legend of the Seeker
Emily Weare
Amanda
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Cody: The Burnout
The Flying Doctors
George Howell
Flemyng's First Colleague
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Carry On Teacher
Adrian Mulraney
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Van Diemen's Land
Rosemary Barr
Rick Hearder
Janine Jones
Andrew Lewis
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The Crown
Unhallowed Ground
Colin McEwan
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The Day of the Roses
Kingswood Country
Maurie Ogden
Known for
Drift
Harlequin
Rainer Erler Director
First release January 1, 1989 · Produced in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom · Production ZDF, ORF
Production
Pentagramma
Production
ZDF
Production
ORF
Production
Books & Films
Production
Reflex Film Ltd.
Production
SRF
Production
Germany · Austria · Switzerland · United Kingdom
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Original title
Zucker - Eine wirklich süße Katastrophe
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Austria · January 1, 1989
Theatrical
Germany · January 1, 1989
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Switzerland
January 1, 1989 · Theatrical
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