Despite its South-of-the-Border title, Caracas is an Austrian love triangle. Gas-station owner Gerhard Zehmann is saddled with cheating wife Regina Bill. The man would like to escape to Venezuela, but he can't unload his wife. Then he meets a woman who is the exact double of his wife (also played by Regina Bill, of course). Falling in love with this clone, the husband hatches a plan. He'll murder his wife, then leave for Venezuela with her look-alike so as not to arouse suspicion. Are foolproof plans like these ever really foolproof?
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Cast
17 people
Regula Bill
Helga Hopfner
Gerhard Zemann
Heinz Hopfner
Known for
Inspector Rex
Michael Schottenberg
Known for
The Piano Teacher
Michael Juncker
Also in
In the Belly of the Whale
Peter Pochlatko
Christoph Kanter
Herta Böhm
Kasseuse
Also in
Florian
Eine geht
Danny Krausz
Also in
Silentium
Paradise
Christoph Künzler
Kommissar Konrath
Known for
Lammbock
Erika Navas
Franz Blauensteiner
Trucker
Also in
A Case For Two
Eurocops
Ingrid Koller
Michael Schottenberg Director · Michael Horowitz Writer Walter Kindler Cinematographer
First release May 14, 1989 · Produced in Austria
Production
Neue Studio Film
Production
Austria
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
France · May 14, 1989
Premiere · Cannes Quinzaine des Réalisateurs; concours pur la Caméra d'Or)
Austria · September 29, 1989
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Denmark
November 13, 1992
Japan
April 7, 1990
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