Stephan (Christoph Maria Herbst) and his wife Elisabeth (Caroline Peters) organize a dinner in their house in Bonn. Invited are family friend René (Justus von Dohnányi), Thomas (Florian ...
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| Iris Berben | ... | Dorothea Böttcher | |
| Florian David Fitz | ... | Thomas | |
| Christoph Maria Herbst | ... | Stephan | |
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Serkan Kaya | ... | Pizzabote |
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Caroline Peters | ... | Elisabeth |
| Janina Uhse | ... | Anna | |
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Justus von Dohnányi | ... | René |
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Stephan (Christoph Maria Herbst) and his wife Elisabeth (Caroline Peters) organize a dinner in their house in Bonn. Invited are family friend René (Justus von Dohnányi), Thomas (Florian David Fitz) and his pregnant girlfriend Anna (Janina Uhse). But the parents of an unborn boy make sure that the evening planned as a cozy get-together suddenly gets out of hand: they announce that they want to call their child Adolf and thus cause a scandal.
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Remake of the French movie 'Le Prénom' from 2012. Le Prénom is an adaptation from the French play from 2010 written by Matthieu Dela ported and Alexandre de La Patellière. See more »Goofs
When Stephan is arguing with Jana about the name of the child over dinner a crew member is reflected in the windows behind Jana for a few seconds. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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You could tell the whole plot in 20 minutes.
There were some critical themes in the first few minutes. They were expendable. After that it was just a bad family story plot. German film is dead.