Coming of Age

The read

It runs a compact 1h 30m.

Synopsis

Does luck have a use by date? Both thought that at eighty they have experienced everything until, like a bolt of lightening, Rosa and Bruno come together and immediately fall head over heels. There are two obstacles to their happiness though: Bruno’s marriage, which has long been routine, and Rosa’s illness; she has cancer and not long left to live. Despite the difficult circumstances, the two decide to breakaway – Bruno from his relationship and Rosa from her retirement home. Against the advice of carers, doctors and relatives, the pair moves into a new apartment together. ANFANG 80 shows with a great deal of unequivocal humour how insensitively and sometimes desperately overburdened society reacts to love among the elderly.

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Key crew

• Sabine HieblerWriter
• Gerhard ErtlDirector
• Sabine HieblerDirector
• Gerhard ErtlWriter

Cast

• Christine OstermayerRosa
• Karl MerkatzBruno
• Erni MangoldHerta
• Branko SamarovskiKarl
• Susi StachWaltraud
• Julia JelinekRöntgenschwester
• Inge MauxFrau Binders Schwester
• Martin OberhauserPolizist
• Alexander El DibPsychiater
• Anton NooriDr. Karras
• Tanja PetrovskyFrau Leitner
• Joseph LorenzWerner

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