“Satiric feminist film”
Eva, a successful publicity executive, has weight problems. In spite of diets and starvation cures she is overcome frequently by attacks of compulsive eating so that all resolutions and efforts to reduce weight are of no avail. She becomes more and more frustrated. Her new boyfriend Thomas does his best to pep her up but it doesn't help her self esteem. Finally, after she ditches her date with Thomas because she can't find the right dress to wear, she flies into a rage and -in an act of self-liberation- throws her clothes and scale through a closed window.
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Cast
6 people
Michaela Pilss
Eva
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Helmut Berger
Thomas
Also in
Pregau
Alma - A Show biz ans Ende
Renate Jett
Sabine
Also in
Sternberg - Shooting Star
PARADISE LTD.
Johannes Silberschneider
Robert
Known for
Emerald Green
Frantz
Franz Suhrada
Axel
Also in
Kottan ermittelt
Exit... But No Panic
Michael Gampe
Erich
Known for
Gloomy Sunday
Margareta Heinrich Director · Ullabritt Horn Writer Hille Sagel Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1987 · Produced in Austria · Production ORF
Production
Neue Studio Film
Production
ORF
Production
Austria
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 1, 1987
Limited theatrical · Saarbrücken (Competition for the Max Ophüls-Prize)
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
January 23, 1987 · Premiere
Germany
January 2, 1987 · Limited theatrical · Nürnberg (Filmschau, competition)
United Kingdom
January 1, 1987 · Limited theatrical · Edinburgh
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