Verzeihung, sehen Sie Fußball?
Genres
Overview
A high-rise building in the center of Berlin in the GDR on July 11, 1982. The final match of the soccer World Cup is being broadcast on television. Five episodes revolve around this event: Soccer fanatic Kneutzsch is torn between the exciting match and the rather irritated woman by the unexpected visit of a lady to whom he has written a marriage announcement ... Dr. Kobermann - on painkillers - has mistaken the bathroom door for the corridor door and locked herself out. Her husband is sitting in front of the TV with headphones on and doesn't hear her ringing, so she seeks refuge in her nightgown with a neighbor, a flautist. After his ex-love Carmen leaves him and wants to return home, the exiled Andrés follows the game - in the knowledge that his father, thousands of kilometers away, is also watching...
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
59 min
Release Date
1983-04-07
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
4
Corinna Harfouch
Michaela
Jutta Wachowiak
Frau Dr. Kobermann
Alfred Struwe
Herr Dr. Kobermann
Reimar Johannes Baur
Flötist
Christine Schorn
Frau
Agnes Kraus
Herta
Marita Böhme
Friederike
Hermann Beyer
Kneutzsch
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