Directed by:
Markus GollerScreenplay:
Andrea SixtCinematography:
Ueli SteigerCast:
Gisela Schneeberger, Bettina Mittendorfer, Rosalie Thomass, Cleo Kretschmer, Andreas Lust, Felix Hellmann, Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow, Tim Seyfi (more)Plots(1)
In a small, devoutly Catholic village in the middle of the Bavarian forest, where all economic prospects disappeared when the glass factory closed, sales assistants Maria (39), Waltraud (48) and Lena (28) wait in vain for customers to enter their grocery store as it teeters on the verge of bankruptcy. The parish priest’s spiritual support is little help, and the neighbours who seem so sympathetic prefer to frequent the city’s Aldi store. To add insult to injury, Maria becomes the victim of a series of anonymous obscene telephone calls – which puts the idea into her head that she and her two friends can earn much-needed cash doing telephone sex. Despite initial uneasiness, the three country lasses soon get to grips with this “hot number”. The trio’s profitable but sleazy business does not remain a secret for very long, however, and results in far-reaching consequences for the whole village community. (Zurich Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Gisela Schneeberger
Germany
Best movies:
Starke Zeiten (1988)
Bin ich schön? (1998)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Bettina Mittendorfer
West Germany
Best movies:
My Life in Orange (2011)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Julia und der Offizier (2014) (TV movie)
Rosalie Thomass
West Germany
Best movies:
Greetings from Fukushima (2016)
A Woman in Berlin (2008)
Life Is not for Cowards (2012)
Cleo Kretschmer
West Germany
Best movies:
Peppermint Peace (1983)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Boys Just Wanna Have Fun (2003) (TV movie)
Andreas Lust
Austria
Best movies:
Munich (2005)
A Whole Life (2023)
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
Felix Hellmann
Best movies:
Shoppen (2006)
Jew Suss: Rise And Fall (2010)
Trenker And Riefenstahl - A Fine Line Between Truth And Guilt (2015) (TV movie)
Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow
West Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
Meister des Todes (2015) (TV movie)
Beste Chance (2014)
Tim Seyfi
Turkey
Best movies:
Head-On (2004)
Desert Flower (2009)
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Alicia von Rittberg
Germany
Monika Gruber
West Germany
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Lotta & die alten Eisen (2010) (TV movie)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Das Pubertier - Der Film (2017)
Peter Mitterrutzner
Italy
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The Eremites (2016)
Bergblut (2010)
The Silent Mountain (2014)
Sigi Zimmerschied
West Germany
Best movies:
Peppermint Peace (1983)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Corinna Binzer
West Germany
Best movies:
Grave Decisions (2006)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Die Bergretter (2009) (series)
Matthias Ransberger
West Germany
Best movies:
Balloon (2018)
Desert Flower (2009)
Landauer - Der Präsident (2014) (TV movie)
Hannes Ringlstetter
West Germany
Stephan Zinner
West Germany
Best movies:
Shoppen (2006)
The Vanishing (2017) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Johann Schuler
West Germany
Best movies:
Rama Dama (1990)
Grave Decisions (2006)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Ferry Oellinger
Austria
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Dead in Three Days (2006)
Der Bulle von Tölz (1996) (series)
Roland Stemmer
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
The Musketeer (2001)
Max Schmidt
West Germany
Best movies:
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
A Christmoose Caro (2005)