Altes Geld 

A family, blessed with richness and power, is desperately seeking for a liver for their father, who wants to hand down his wealth to the one who gets the organ.

Stars:

Udo Kier, Sunnyi Melles, Nicholas Ofczarek

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Udo Kier	...	Rauchensteiner / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Sunnyi Melles	...	Liane / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Nicholas Ofczarek	...	Zeno / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Edita Malovcic	...	Tania / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Manuel Rubey	...	Jakob / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Nora von Waldstätten	...	Jana / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Yohanna Schwertfeger	...	Kerstin / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Florian Teichtmeister	...	Martin / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Thomas Stipsits	...	Herwig Brunner / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Ursula Strauss	...	Barbara Brunner / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Robert Palfrader	...	Kralicek / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Cornelius Obonya	...	Dr. Schober / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Carlo Ljubek	...	Rasko / ... 7 episodes, 2015
Clemens Berndorff	...	Stranski 7 episodes, 2015
Julian Loidl	...	Max 7 episodes, 2015
Michael Maertens	...	Sonnborn 7 episodes, 2015
Raimund Wallisch	...	Ferry 7 episodes, 2015
Shifra Millstein	...	Schwester Katzenberg 7 episodes, 2015
Simon Schwarz	...	Tscheppe / ... 6 episodes, 2015
Herbert Föttinger	...	Bürgermeister / ... 6 episodes, 2015
Johannes Krisch	...	Kommander 6 episodes, 2015
Ruth Brauer	...	Tochter Katzenberg 6 episodes, 2015
Lukas Miko	...	Canitz 6 episodes, 2015
Klaus Rott	...	Chef Polizei 4 episodes, 2015
Ulli Lommel	...	Doktor 4 episodes, 2015
Nellie Schilling	...	Maia Brunner 4 episodes, 2015

Storyline

Rolf Rauchensteiner, who knows neither love nor fidelity. is the leader of an industrial empire and diagnosed with several types of Hepatitis, meaning he'll die in a year if he doesn't get a new liver. Being a billionaire, getting a new liver shouldn't be all that difficult, but Rolf gets a few nasty surprises: when you're in the spotlight, organs are hard to get illegally when you need legal surgery afterwards, and getting a liver legally means every agency involved tries to blackmail Rolf out of all sorts of favors, if they don't sabotage him outright. Disgusted, Rolf presents his chosen solution to his family: the one who provides him with the liver he so desperately needs, will be the sole heir to his empire. As the Rauchensteiners aren't exactly a family overflowing with empathy, this announcement is at first greeted with scoffs and sarcasm by Rolf's children, and open dismay by his current wife. But soon the race is on, especially when Rolf falls ill faster than expected. And ...

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Plot Keywords:

transplant | brother sister sex | sex with brother | sex with sister | blackmail | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

A family, blessed with richness and power.

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Connections

Follows Braunschlag (2012)

User Reviews

"Dallas for psychos"

David Schalko described this work of his as Dallas for psychos and I must say he managed to produce exactly that. It is a little masterpiece as it is pretty unique and keeps one watching.

The idea itself is pretty good. A rich guy needs a liver or he will die. So he tells his family the one who gets him one will get his inheritance. And this show does a great job showing us how it goes keeping us interested.

It mainly happens because of the characters. They are all pretty bizarre and kind of perverted. I am not somebody who hates rich people so I didn't take it as some message against the upper class but just enjoyed that crazy crowd and what they will do next. Not only main characters are like that, the supportive ones also add a lot of little twists and crazy issues to the story. And this is all performed very well by great actors. I am not too familiar with Austrian and German actors but from what I understand those are all big names and one could sure see that on the quality of work.

It is also great that it is a mini series. If they would stretch it out it could have become boring,. This way packed into a small amount of time we get to enjoy a great show.

I won't give you any spoilers but just want you to know that I enjoyed it all the way and loved the ending. It also gives us beautiful settings and camera work that adds to the shows atmosphere.

Details

Country:

Austria

Language:

German

Release Date:

27 March 2015 (Austria)

Also Known As:

Altes Geld

Company Credits

Production Co:

Superfilm, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1