How About Adolf?
7.0
The family dinner at Stephan and Elisabeth could have been wonderful. But when Thomas announces that he and his pregnant girlfriend Anna are going to call their son Adolf, the hosts and the family friend René are stuck in the throat.
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3 films
Cast
7 people
Christoph Maria Herbst
Stephan
Known for
Look Who's Back
Animals United
Florian David Fitz
Thomas
Known for
The Signal
100 Things
Caroline Peters
Elisabeth
Known for
Walk on Water
Justus von Dohnányi
René
Known for
Dear Child
The Experiment
Janina Uhse
Anna
Known for
Blame the Game
Rising High
Iris Berben
Dorothea
Known for
Eddie the Eagle
Triangle of Sadness
Serkan Kaya
Pizza Delivery Guy
Known for
Granny Nanny
Locked in Society
Sönke Wortmann Director · Alexander Dydyna Writer Claudius Pläging Writer
First release October 6, 2018 · Produced in Germany · Languages German, Russian
Production
Constantin Film
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Der Vorname
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Russian
Release dates
Switzerland · October 6, 2018
Digital
Germany · October 18, 2018
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
October 18, 2018 · Digital
Japan
June 6, 2020 · Digital
Russia
December 19, 2019 · Theatrical
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