An asocial, obese German woman lives in a large city. Unfortunately despite her kind and intelligent personality, she has had a lot of trouble making a connection with people, until she gets a crush on a handsome subway conductor.
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Title: Zuckerbaby (1985)
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2 wins & 3 nominations.
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| Marianne Sägebrecht | ... | Marianne | |
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Eisi Gulp | ... | Huber |
| Toni Berger | ... | Mortician | |
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Manuela Denz | ... | Mrs. Huber |
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Will Spindler | ... | Train Conductor |
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Hans Stadlbauer | ... | Train Conductor |
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Meret Burger | ... | Girl in the Train |
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Werner Zeussel | ||
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Christiane Blumhoff | ||
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Dietrich Kerky | ||
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Peter Weiß | ||
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Michele Tichawsky | ||
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Paul Würges | ... | Self - Leader of his Combo (as Paul Wuerges) |
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In a large city lives a lonesome, 38-year old woman. Without friends, she has indulged in food and candy too much and has become a bit overweight. In short, she is disappointed in her life. One day she sees a young and handsome subway driver and instantly falls in love with him. In a very short time, she finds out all about him and eventually contacts him. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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West GermanyLanguage:
GermanRelease Date:
1 October 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Sugarbaby See more »Filming Locations:
Munich, Bavaria, GermanyCompany Credits
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The German 1984 comedy "Zuckerbaby" ("Sugarbaby") is the debut film of American director and German resident Percy Adlon who became famous with his following productions like like "Out of Rosenheim" (1987) and "Rosalie goes shopping" (1988), all of them featuring actress Marianne Saegebrecht. In this very sad, bleak but also very touching Bavarian comedy Saegebrecht plays a lonely, over-weight woman in the big city of Munich in her late thirties who works as an udertaker. Her life consist of her sad work, watching TV and eating loads of sweets and cakes. One day, she's falling in love with the voice of a subway driver (played by popular comedian Eisi Gulp), announcing the train stations. She stalking him until he falls in love with her, but their intense romance is only short-lived.
Together with Doris Doerrie's "Maenner" ("Men"), released the same year, "Zuckerbaby" was a blueprint for the very popular German movie genre of the "Beziehungskomoedien" (relationship comedies) in the eighties and nineties. It is shot in a typical colorful 1980's neon style, reflecting the bright lights and loneliness of modern life in the big cities. There are not much dialogues, and the real conversations only start with the beginning of the romance in the middle of the film. There is also a creepy, sad atmosphere of death, loneliness and the longing for love, but the movie works perfect as a human drama as well as a campy love comedy.
The actors are doing a great job, and the minimal harmonica tunes in the background are adding a great atmosphere to the picture. By the way, "Zuckerbaby" was a famous German Rock'n'Roll song from the fifties by Peter Kraus which is constantly played during the movie. If you want to watch one of the best German films of the eighties, "Zuckerbaby" is a good example to recommend.