The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
After the death of the owner of the house Lina Braake is living in, the house is accrued to the bank. During the complete refurbishment of the building, the 81-year old woman is thrown out of her flat and is put in an old people′s home. There she meets 84-year old Gustaf. Together, the lively seniors come up with a plan to trick the bank with a smart credit fraud and take their revenge. They need the money to buy a country house on Sardinia and leave Germany for good. Although their coup proves to be successful, the bank soon finds Lina. But due to her old age she cannot be tried anymore.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Bernhard SinkelDirector
- Bernhard SinkelWriter
Cast
- Lina CarstensLina Braake
- Fritz RaspGustaf Haertlein
- Herbert BötticherJohannes Koerner
- Erica SchrammLene Schöner
- Benno HoffmannJawlonski
- Ellen MahlkeScholz
- Oskar von SchabDürr
- Gustl DatzGruber
- Rainer BasedowFink
- Wilfried KlausWenzl
- Ellen FrankMangold
- Walter SedlmayrEmil Schöner