
Your Happiness Depends on Me
2006-06-01 · 95 min · ★ 7.5
When the hard-working bread-winner Katja and Hendrik the intellectual meet Saida, an illegal immigrant from Algeria, and accept to organize a "passport marriage" between her and Hendrik, they are caught up in a chain of events and feelings over which they have no control.
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- Directors
- Sören Senn
- Production companies
- novapool production, HFF Konrad Wolf
- Countries
- Switzerland, Germany
- Status
- Released
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Carina WieseKatja
Saïda JawadSaïda
Victor ChoulmanKatjas Vater
Ursina LardiTinka
Anna StieblichStandesbeamtinTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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