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Der schwarze Hecht (1981)

Directed by Jürg Amstein

Comedy, Music · 2h 14m

It's director Oberholzer's sixtieth birthday. His wife and daughter Anna receive the guests who are invited to the feast, with a dish of pike as the main course. But suddenly, the celebration turns sour at the appearance of an unexpected guest - namely Oberholzer's brother Alois, the black sheep of the family, who disappeared years ago. As it turns out, Alois has since changed his name to "Obolski" and become ringmaster of a major circus. Him and his wife Iduna quickly threaten the morals and standards of the bourgeois party, and they proceed to turn the boring proceedings into a turbulent circus show. Fortunately, after much confusion, the story ends happily - altough the pike has burned black in the oven!

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Cast

Ruedi Walter Gustav Oberholzer Margrit Rainer Kattri, die Köchin Inigo Gallo Alois Obolski Jörg Schneider Fritz Oberholzer Ines Torelli Iduna Obolski
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Max Röthlisberger Albert Oberholzer

Crew

Director
Jürg Amstein
Writer
Emil Sautter

Details

Release date
1981-01-01
Runtime
2h 14m
Genres
Comedy, Music
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Switzerland
Production
Praesens-Film