Satire by Dominik Graf. An unsuspecting man is hired as a surrogate father. The income is good, the apartment is fully furnished, only the children's room is empty. A middle-class couple (Donata Höffner and “Tatort” detective Charles Brauer) desperately want a child. But the doctors say the potential father is infertile. With her husband's consent, the woman hits on a former lover (Dietrich Mattausch). He doesn't need to be asked twice and is soon in bed with her... Dominik Graf received the Young Director Award at the Bavarian Film Festival for his original final project at the Munich University.
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Donata Höffer
Margarethe
Also in
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Charles Brauer
Menzel
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Rosa Luxemburg
Dominik Graf
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Irren ist männlich
The Universal Theory
Hellmut Haffner
Christel Suckow
Dietrich Mattausch
Liebenfels
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The Wannsee Conference
Die Piefke-Saga
Norbert Friedländer
Astrid Boner
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Campus Teasers
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Hans Jakob
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Forced March
The Old Fox
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Dominik Graf Director · Norbert Friedländer Cinematographer Christel Suckow Editor
First release September 21, 1979 · Produced in Germany · Production Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, Bayerischer Rundfunk
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Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
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Bayerischer Rundfunk
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Germany
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Release dates
Germany · September 21, 1979
Premiere · Hamburg, Filmfest
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