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How About Adolf?

Original title: Der Vorname
  • 2018
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
8.5K
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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

  • Director
    • Sönke Wortmann
  • Writers
    • Claudius Pläging
    • Alexander Dydyna
    • Alexandre de La Patellière
  • Stars
    • Christoph Maria Herbst
    • Florian David Fitz
    • Caroline Peters
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    8.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sönke Wortmann
    • Writers
      • Claudius Pläging
      • Alexander Dydyna
      • Alexandre de La Patellière
    • Stars
      • Christoph Maria Herbst
      • Florian David Fitz
      • Caroline Peters
    • 19User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Christoph Maria Herbst
    Christoph Maria Herbst
    • Stephan
    Florian David Fitz
    Florian David Fitz
    • Thomas
    Caroline Peters
    Caroline Peters
    • Elisabeth
    Justus von Dohnányi
    Justus von Dohnányi
    • René
    Janina Uhse
    Janina Uhse
    • Anna
    Iris Berben
    Iris Berben
    • Dorothea
    Serkan Kaya
    Serkan Kaya
    • Pizzabote
    Christian Skibinski
    • Student
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Sönke Wortmann
    • Writers
      • Claudius Pläging
      • Alexander Dydyna
      • Alexandre de La Patellière
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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.
    • Crazy credits
      Going along with the title of the film, all actors listed in the main title sequence are credited with their given names only.
    • Connections
      Followed by Family Affairs (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 reviews19

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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!
    • ulvi_ismayil
    • Jul 23, 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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