The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
For Cologne newspaper journalist Michael Heinrich, a year-long posting as Itally correspondent is a dream coming true. His lawyer wife Susanne agrees to take her long-postponed sabbatical year there, but janitor Filippo and his hunky cousin Toni still hasn't finished the apartment in Principe Ercole's 'palazzo'. Angelic son Tobias and pubescent brat Caroline object being torn away from their world, but soon take to welcoming Romans. Roman utilities and Vatican bureaucracy test Michael's patience as well as Ercole's frisky niece Maria and Susanne's visiting parents. Controversial archaeology professor Neri offers Michael a 'steal' scoop on the missing main Etruscan sanctuary. Written by KGF Vissers
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephan MeyerDirector
- Lothar KurzawaWriter
- Lothar KurzawaScreenplay
- Matthias StoltzeScreenplay
- Matthias StoltzeWriter
Cast
- Esther SchweinsSusanne Heinrich
- Thomas HeinzeMichael Heinrich
- Margarita BroichFreifrau von Selbach
- Dietrich MattauschPadrone Ercole
- Heinrich GiskesNeri
- Mala EmdeCaroline Heinrich
- Nick Julius SchuckTobias Heinrich
- Anna Julia Antonuccimaria
- Daniel RodicToni
Stills
Themes
journalistrome, italyfamily relationshipsnewspaper correspondentlawyer wife