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Without knowing it, Alfred and Julia live in a land of pure invention. It is the richest and most beautiful land in the world. From a height, this land looks like a piece of felt, from close up like a clean and tiny park. The footpaths are lined with benches and the streets with banks. Alfred and Julia have been married for 8 years, are childless, and live on the 16th floor of a new building. Thanks to their various crises, they have got to know each other somewhat better, but their most outstanding characteristic remains their mediocrity. On Friday, August 12th 1977, a mysterious epidemic breaks out in their country. The mass media ensure that the news is widely broadcast. The authorities order a ban on information, but those concerned break their imposed silence. On Sunday evening, it becomes known that the epidemic was nomore than a kind of "dress rehearsal" for a real emergency. Alfred and Julia continue to live in a land of pure invention - but now they are conscious of the fact.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

07 August 1979

Country

Germany

Cast

Giovanni Früh

Giovanni Früh

Alfred

Olga Piazza

Olga Piazza

Julia

Jürgen Brügger

Jürgen Brügger

Entführer / Stimme

Janet Haufler

Janet Haufler

Frau Thérèse

Walo Lüönd

Walo Lüönd

Nachtwächter

George Reinhart

George Reinhart

Entführer

Ernst Kühni

Ernst Kühni

Entführer

Peter Siegenthaler

Peter Siegenthaler

Prediger

Michael Maassen

Michael Maassen

Forscher

Mathias Gnädinger

Mathias Gnädinger

Taxifahrer

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