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Essn für ann

2008-12-31 · 44 min · Not rated

Comedy

Georg Kaltengruber actually wanted to spend a cosy New Year’s Eve at home. But his wife Anneliese startles him with a glorious idea: She wants to re-enact ‘Dinner for One’ in Franconian, put it online, and even charge money for it. And her husband Georg is obviously supposed to participate and play James the butler. But Anneliese can’t remember the original plot quite exactly – and so, chaos is sure to follow.

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Directors
Thomas Meissner
Production companies
BR, Comödie Fürth
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

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Volker HeißmannGeorg Kaltengruber
Martin RassauMartin RassauAnneliese Kaltengruber

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