Im Jahr der Schildkröte (1988)

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Country: West Germany
Genres: N/A
Release: 1988-11-17
Director: Ute Wieland
Writers: Hans Werner Kettenbach , Ute Wieland
Language: German
Stars: Heinz Bennent , Karina Fallenstein , Anke Tegtmeyer , Herbert Weissbach , Andreas Thiel , Dirk Bach , Udo Jolly , Renate Koehler , Herbert Meurer , Katharina Palm
Runtime: 97 min
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
AKA: Sköldpaddans år (Sweden) , Im Jahr der Schildkröte , Im Jahr der Schildkröte , Year of the Turtle
Plot: Mr. Kamp is an unobtrusive man in his sixties, living in Cologne, Germany in a huge anonymous apartment building. Now retired, he spent his life as a civil servant, and he still behaves like that. But then everything changes when he happens to meet Claudia, a young, hippie-like student. Claudia is full of sympathy for the old man, and with her direct, uncomplicated, and spontaneous style she finally succeeds to overcome Kamp's attitude of polite reservation towards her. This unequal couple faces a lot of weird and comic situations, which, however, always reflect the incomprehension of their social environment when people realize that these two are buddies, not grandpa and granddaughter. But it all ends up in a melancholic mood because Claudia is born under a dark star and finally gets a victim of her sad fate...
IMDB:tt0097565