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How About Adolf?

Original title: Der Vorname
  • 20182018
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
5.1K
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Iris Berben, Justus von Dohnányi, Christoph Maria Herbst, Caroline Peters, Florian David Fitz, and Janina Uhse in How About Adolf? (2018)
  • Comedy
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 Davi... Read allStephan (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 ... Read allStephan (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 ... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
5.1K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Sönke Wortmann
  • Writers
    • Claudius Pläging(screenplay)
    • Alexander Dydyna(screenplay adaptation)
    • Alexandre de La Patellière(play "Le Prénom")
  • Stars
    • Christoph Maria Herbst
    • Florian David Fitz
    • Caroline Peters
Top credits
  • Director
    • Sönke Wortmann
  • Writers
    • Claudius Pläging(screenplay)
    • Alexander Dydyna(screenplay adaptation)
    • Alexandre de La Patellière(play "Le Prénom")
  • Stars
    • Christoph Maria Herbst
    • Florian David Fitz
    • Caroline Peters
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    How About Adolf? (2018)
    How About Adolf? (2018)
    Justus von Dohnányi and Christoph Maria Herbst in How About Adolf? (2018)
    Justus von Dohnányi and Christoph Maria Herbst in How About Adolf? (2018)
    Justus von Dohnányi, Christoph Maria Herbst, Caroline Peters, Florian David Fitz, and Janina Uhse in How About Adolf? (2018)
    Iris Berben in How About Adolf? (2018)
    Justus von Dohnányi, Christoph Maria Herbst, Caroline Peters, and Florian David Fitz in How About Adolf? (2018)
    Florian David Fitz and Janina Uhse in How About Adolf? (2018)
    Justus von Dohnányi, Christoph Maria Herbst, Caroline Peters, and Florian David Fitz in How About Adolf? (2018)
    Justus von Dohnányi, Christoph Maria Herbst, and Caroline Peters in How About Adolf? (2018)
    Christoph Maria Herbst at an event for How About Adolf? (2018)
    Iris Berben, Justus von Dohnányi, Florian David Fitz, and Janina Uhse at an event for How About Adolf? (2018)

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    Christoph Maria Herbst
    Christoph Maria Herbst
    • Stephanas Stephan
    Florian David Fitz
    Florian David Fitz
    • Thomasas Thomas
    Caroline Peters
    • Elisabethas Elisabeth
    Justus von Dohnányi
    Justus von Dohnányi
    • Renéas René
    Janina Uhse
    Janina Uhse
    • Annaas Anna
    Iris Berben
    Iris Berben
    • Dorotheaas Dorothea
    Serkan Kaya
    • Pizzaboteas Pizzabote
    Christian Skibinski
    • Studentas Student
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    • Director
      • Sönke Wortmann
    • Writers
      • Claudius Pläging(screenplay)
      • Alexander Dydyna(screenplay adaptation)
      • Alexandre de La Patellière(play "Le Prénom")
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    • Trivia
      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.
    • Goofs
      The pizza courier, instead of driving directly to his customer, is driving all around the city of Bonn (over the Kennedy bridge, alongside the Rhine towards Bad Godesberg, back to the central administration building, through the city centre, ahead the Minster, along the Art and Exhibition Hall and then back over Adenauerallee towards the actual destination) and would have delivered a cold pizza.
    • Connections
      Followed by Der Nachname (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Sinfonie No.6 in F Major, Op.68: I
      Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
      Performed by Orchestra of the Beethovenhalle Bonn (as Beethoven Orchester Bonn)

    User reviews13

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    10/10
    Remake of a remake, but the best one so far))
    German "How About Adolf?" (original title: "Der Vorname", 2018) is the latest remake (in my count))) of the Italian "An Italian Name" (original title: "Il nome del figlio", 2015) which in turn is the remake of the French "What's in a Name?" (original title: "Le prénom", 2012), but I think the German is better (more mature)) than other two. Well done!
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    • Jul 24, 2021

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    • Release date
      • October 18, 2018 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Имя
    • Filming locations
      • Bonn, Germany
    • Production company
      • Constantin Film
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,947,326
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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