Zigeuner is on the hunt for the woman of his dreams, a woman who should also play the main role in the film. Meanwhile, ruthless producer Oskar Reiter wants to buy the film rights at all costs - and he is struggling for the love of the beautiful Valerie.
Acting
Götz George commits fully to unhinged director energy
Production
Munich restaurant Rossini is basically a character itself
Writing
Dietl's industry insider burns land with precision
Director
Helmut Dietl
Götz George
Uhu Zigeuner
Mario Adorf
Paolo Rossini
Heiner Lauterbach
Oskar Reiter
Veronica Ferres
Schneewittchen
Joachim Król
Jakob Windisch
Armin Rohde
Dr. Sigi Gelber
Meret Becker
Zillie Watussnik
Gudrun Landgrebe
Valerie
Hannelore Hoger
Charlotte Sanders
Jan Josef Liefers
Bodo Kriegnitz
Martina Gedeck
Serafina
Edgar Selge
Meik
Christian Berkel
Weich
Erich Hallhuber
Hopf
Burghart Klaußner
Tabatier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Dietl's own novel; the Rossini restaurant was real and legendary in Munich's film scene.
This was Dietl's love letter/resentment letter to the German film industry he'd dominated since 'Schtonk!'
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