The Microscope
6.0
The first film in Rudolf Thome's "Forms of Love" trilogy is the most incisive. It's a comedy-drame chronicling the ups and downs in the relationship of an unmarried couple (Adriana Altaras, Vladimir Weigl). When she tries to persuade him that they should have a child, he escapes the controversy by becoming preoccupied with his new aquarium and microscope. Their struggles to settle their differences and accept new responsibilities are presented intelligently, realistically and with low-key wit and irony.
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Vladimir Weigl
Franz
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Adriana Altaras
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Rudolf Thome
Małgorzata Gebel
Tina
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Schindler's List
Alexander Malkowsky
Klaus
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Berlin Chamissoplatz
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Barbara Beutler
Johanna
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Utopia
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Sylvie
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Lucy
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Bernhard Schütz
Workmate
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Barbarians
The Billion Dollar Code
Alf Bold
Martin
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Mikroskopverkäufer
Rudolf Thome Director · Martin Schäfer Cinematographer Dörte Völz-Mammarella Editor
First release April 14, 1988 · Produced in Germany · Original title Das Mikroskop
Production
Moana-Film
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Das Mikroskop
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · April 14, 1988
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
December 7, 1988
Portugal
July 2, 1991 · TV premiere
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