The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
One day, Carmen Müller realizes that her husband Werner has been unemployed for months and has accumulated debts of 80,000 DM in their bank account. She comes up with a plan to rob her bank. When the branch manager and neighbor Lothar Fuchs, whom Carmen has always envied for his beauty and wealth, recognizes her, she takes him hostage. In their hideout in the Allgäu, the banker falls in love with the housewife, just as Werner and Fuchs' mistress Gabriele grow closer. The quartet form an alliance and defraud the bank together. Having come into money so suddenly, the Müllers don't feel comfortable either and secretly distribute their fortune around the neighborhood.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Doris DörrieDirector
- Phillip JohnstonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Billie ZöcklerCarmen Müller
- Uwe OchsenknechtWerner Müller
- Sybille WauryNatascha Müller
- Fabian KoernerJean-Jacques Müller
- Sunnyi MellesGabriele Gessmann
- August ZirnerLothar Fuchs
- Ulrike KrienerEva
- Silvia NentwigFrau Busch
- Edith VolkmannSekretärin
- Karl ScheydtPersonalchef