A melancholic enjoyable journey by an old couple who escape the dreary everyday life of a Berlin retirement home for a day: at Pentecost, Margarete and Heinrich come up with the idea of visiting their nephew, whom they believe to have invited them to dinner. So they set off on their own, and although they don't always know where they are or why they have actually set off, they have a wonderful day. Even if the police find them and bring them back before they reach their destination.
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Cast
28 people
Elisabeth Bergner
Margarete Johannsen
Known for
Cry of the Banshee
Martin Held
Heinrich Johannsen
Known for
The Captain from Kopenick
Michael Günther
Ottokar Runze
Evelyn Hamann
Fräulein Schneider
Known for
Pappa ante Portas
Ödipussi
Peter Albrechtsen
FK Wittich
Edda Seippel
Heimleiterin Frau Schmidt
Known for
Ödipussi
The Marquise of O
Brigitte Grothum
Nachbarin
Known for
The Last Train
Simone Rethel
Frau mit Baby
Also in
Drei zum Verlieben
Schöne Ferien
Gaby Gasser
Inge
Also in
Ein heikler Fall
Ankomme Dienstag – Stop – Fall nicht in Ohnmacht
Dagmar Biener
Renate
Known for
Pappa ante Portas
Ödipussi
Michael Günther Director
United States release April 1, 1980 · Produced in Germany · Production Ottokar Runze Filmproduktion, Schweizer Fernsehen (SF)
Production
ZDF
Production
Ottokar Runze Filmproduktion
Production
Schweizer Fernsehen (SF)
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · December 23, 1978
Theatrical
United States · April 1, 1980
Cleveland International Film Festival
Denmark
May 25, 1980
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