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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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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
    • Otto Waalkes
    • Elisabeth Wiedemann
    • Sky du Mont
    • Xaver Schwarzenberger
    • Otto Waalkes
  • Writers
    • Bernd Eilert(screenplay)
    • Robert Gernhardt(screenplay)
    • Pit Knorr(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Otto Waalkes
    • Elisabeth Wiedemann
    • Sky du Mont
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    • 6User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Otto Waalkes in Holly - The Movie (1984)
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    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)
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    Jessika Cardinahl and Otto Waalkes in Holly - The Movie (1984)
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    Otto Waalkes
    Otto Waalkes
    • Otto…
    Elisabeth Wiedemann
    Elisabeth Wiedemann
    • Konsulin von Kohlen und Reibach
    Sky du Mont
    Sky du Mont
    • Ernesto
    • (as Sky Dumont)
    Jessika Cardinahl
    • Silvia von Kohlen und Reibach
    Peter Kuiper
    Peter Kuiper
    • Shark
    Andreas Mannkopff
    • Haenlein
    Gottfried John
    Gottfried John
    • Sonnemann
    Karl Lieffen
    • Floppmann
    Tilly Lauenstein
    • Dame
    Karl Schönböck
    Karl Schönböck
    • Bodo Fürst Marckbiss
    Johannes Heesters
    Johannes Heesters
    • Clochard
    Helmut Hoffmann
    Hannelore Paschier
    Engelbert Feeken
      Eric Vaessen
      • Butler Jean
      Erich Bar
      • Rocker Werner
      Horst-Hans Jochmann
      • General Stössner
      • (as H.H. Jochmann)
      Hans Nitschke
      • Bauarbeiter
        • Xaver Schwarzenberger
        • Otto Waalkes
      • Writers
        • Bernd Eilert(screenplay)
        • Robert Gernhardt(screenplay)
        • Pit Knorr(screenplay)
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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

      User reviews6

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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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      • Karl Self
      • Aug 19, 2001

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      • Release date
        • July 13, 1984 (United States)
        • West Germany
        • United States
        • United Kingdom
        • Canada
        • German
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      • Filming locations
        • Central Station, Hamburg, Germany
      • Production companies
        • Rialto Film
        • Ruessel Video & Audio
        • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
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      • 1 hour 25 minutes
        • Mono

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