The two friends Marie and Hannah spend a vacation together in Italy. While Hannah has just been divorced, the fun-loving Marie throws herself into an affair with the Viennese surgeon Xavier Gruber. However, he only wants a vacation flirtation without consequences - and leaves her the business card of car mechanic Xavier Martin, which he received by chance, when he leaves unexpectedly. Back in Germany, Marie begins to write ardent love letters to the supposed doctor in Vienna. The shy mechanic is initially amused, but eventually falls in love with the letter writer and confesses his feelings to her without clearing up the misunderstanding.
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Jennifer Nitsch
Marie
Also in
Der Schattenmann
Pirates: Blood Brothers
Martina Gedeck
Hannah
Known for
The Lives of Others
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Alfred Deutsch
Michael Juncker
Also in
In the Belly of the Whale
Wolfgang Wirtz
Monica Bleibtreu
Hausmeisterin
Known for
Four Minutes
Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls
Christoph Holch
Thomas Oláh
Siegbert Kammerer
Dominique Horwitz
Xavier
Known for
Stalingrad
Shooting Dogs
Jörg Neumann
Gerd Huber
Also in
Men...
Paradise
Michael Juncker Director · Siegbert Kammerer Writer Helmut Trunz Writer
First release April 30, 1998 · Produced in Germany, Austria · Production Cobra-Film, ORF
Production
Dor Film
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Cobra-Film
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ORF
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ZDF
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Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
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Germany · Austria
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Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · April 30, 1998
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No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
January 24, 2002 · TV premiere
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