As Green As It Gets
A grumpy and unfulfilled gardener regains curiosity, peace, and a life worth living for when he embarks on an unexpected journey in his small plane.
Genres
Overview
Georg "Schorsch" Kempter is a gardener in a small Bavarian town, working day-in, day-out in his nursery, which is facing bankruptcy. He doesn't like to talk much. He never has. His marriage has long lost all its magic and on top of that, he has trouble to connect with his daughter. Only when he is flying in his own rickety biplane, Schorsch feels truly free. When the owner of the local golf course tries to cheat Schorsch for his money, claiming the shade of green of the grass Schorsch has planted on the golf course is not right, insolvency seems unavoidable. So just when his airplane is about to be impounded, Schorsch grabs the control stick and flies away in an attempt to save his plane and himself. He embarks onto a journey into the unknown, to places he has never seen before, full of odd and special encounters - and with every take-off and every landing, this tough man's heart slowly warms up to what you might call an idea of happiness.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
118 min
Release Date
2018-06-21
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
22
Vote Average
7.3
Elmar Wepper
Schorsch Kempter
Emma Bading
Philomena
Monika Baumgartner
Monika Kempter
Dagmar Manzel
Hannah
Ulrich Tukur
Richard von Zeydlitz
Sunnyi Melles
Evelyn von Zeydlitz
Karolina Horster
Miriam Kempter
Gudrun Ritter
Ellen von Zeydlitz
Bernd Stegemann
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Michael Hanemann
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Tilman Pörzgen
Timo
Gilbert von Sohlern
Fimpel
Tatja Seibt
Katja
Mathias Herrmann
Käufer
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Nils Hohenhövel
Jockel Tschiersch
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