Holly - The Movie

Original title: Otto - Der Film

19841984
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

4.4K

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Otto Waalkes in Holly - The Movie (1984)

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Comedy Romance

Otto, a young man from East-Frisia, comes to the big city of Hamburg to make his fortune. Most of all he is engaged with two problems: How can he impress Silvia, a wealthy young girl; and wh... Read allOtto, a young man from East-Frisia, comes to the big city of Hamburg to make his fortune. Most of all he is engaged with two problems: How can he impress Silvia, a wealthy young girl; and where does he get 9,876.50 DM to pay off a loan shark?Otto, a young man from East-Frisia, comes to the big city of Hamburg to make his fortune. Most of all he is engaged with two problems: How can he impress Silvia, a wealthy young girl; and where does he get 9,876.50 DM to pay off a loan shark?

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

4.4K

YOUR RATING

- Xaver Schwarzenberger
- Otto Waalkes
Writers
- Bernd Eilert(screenplay)
- Robert Gernhardt(screenplay)
- Pit Knorr(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 4 wins

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Elisabeth Wiedemann in Holly - The Movie (1984)

Jessika Cardinahl, Sky du Mont, Otto Waalkes, and Elisabeth Wiedemann in Holly - The Movie (1984)

Jessika Cardinahl, Sky du Mont, and Otto Waalkes in Holly - The Movie (1984)

Eric Vaessen in Holly - The Movie (1984)

Jessika Cardinahl and Otto Waalkes in Holly - The Movie (1984)

Eric Vaessen and Otto Waalkes in Holly - The Movie (1984)

Günther Kaufmann in Holly - The Movie (1984)

Günther Kaufmann, Tilly Lauenstein, and Otto Waalkes in Holly - The Movie (1984)

Tilly Lauenstein in Holly - The Movie (1984)

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Trivia
Most successful German movie of all time with 14 million viewers. Another contender is Der Schuh des Manitu (2001) with 12 million viewers. Since records about viewer's attendance weren't kept in the GDR, the estimated number of 14 million viewers could be ambiguous. After all, Holly - The Movie (1984) had 11 million approved viewers in West Germany, making Der Schuh des Manitu (2001) technically more successful.

Goofs
Before Otto signs the credit contract, Shark turns over the first page of it. In the next shot (from a different angle) he turns the page over again.

Quotes
Shark: You shouldn't read the small print!
Otto: But, why not?
Shark: It's bad for your eyesight.

Connections
Featured in Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (2008)

Soundtracks
Sch(l)aflied
(uncredited)
Performed by Otto Waalkes

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King Otto

Otto Waalkes is essentially the smallest common denominator of German humour, and a strange concoction: Waalkes himself a talented performer with a tendency to become irritating quickly if left without direction, constantly yodelling and grimacing with a Tourette syndrome - like permanence; on the other hand, much of his material was written by some of Germany's foremost satirists and poets such as Gernhardt, Knorr, Eilert.

His first feature movie shows Waalkes at his best by balancing his goofyness with a good story line, great actors and excellent camera work -- the kind of movie I enjoy watching time and again when I am in the mood for some light entertainment.

Unfortunately, most of Otto's other work is not really up to the standard he set with his first movie, especially the atrocious sequel "Otto, der neue Film".

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