

Superstau
1991-03-21 · 80 min · ★ 6.6
Every year, many Germans are preparing to spend their vacations in the sunny south. And they all have to use the same highways. And every year everything ends in a big traffic jam.
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- Directors
- Manfred Stelzer
- Production companies
- Connexion Film, Delta Film GmbH
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Ottfried FischerLudwig Stocker
Ralf RichterHermann Pacholke
Monika BaumgartnerMarie Stocker
Hildegard KuhlenbergIlse Pacholke
Ulrich AnschützFritzie Pippig
Otto MelliesErich Pippig
Christine SchornMargot Pippig
Jan FedderHinnerk
Heinrich RolfingClars
Heinrich GiskesWestermann
Rainer DoeringFabrizio
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