Otto, a young man from East-Frisia comes to the big city (Hamburg) to make his fortune. Most of all he is engaged with two problems: How can he impress Silvia, a rich young girl, and where ...
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Title: Otto - Der Film (1985)
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Ernesto
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Silvia von Kohlen und Reibach
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Floppmann
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Engelbert Feeken | ... |
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Otto, a young man from East-Frisia comes to the big city (Hamburg) to make his fortune. Most of all he is engaged with two problems: How can he impress Silvia, a rich young girl, and where does he get 9876,50 DM to pay off a loan shark? Written by Anonymous
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Country:
West GermanyLanguage:
GermanRelease Date:
18 July 1985 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$5,760,272 (West Germany), 24 July 1985, Limited ReleaseCompany Credits
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
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Butler Jean: We don't buy anything, we have everything.
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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, Otto - Der Film (1985) had 11 million approved viewers in West Germany, making Der Schuh des Manitu (2001) technically more successful. See more »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. See more »Quotes
Otto: [voice-over] For money I would even sell my soul.Butler Jean: We don't buy anything, we have everything.
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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".