Julius Armbrust is in his mid-30s. He’s a packaging designer, married with two children, and has everything he could wish for: money, success, his family, his affairs. On his 12th wedding anniversary, he finds out that his wife Paula has a lover: Stefan. Julius’ world falls apart. He pretends to go away to a conference, but in fact remains in town and does not let Paula and Stefan out of his sight. Stefan throws his old girlfriend out of the flat.

Julius has a plan. He applies for the vacant room, and Stefan, not knowing who this strange guy in the expensive suit really is, agrees to share his flat with him. Julius is determined to get to know Stefan and his exotic surroundings. When Stefan admits to him in a drunken stupor that perhaps he would not mind having money and a career and power after all, Julius knows what he has to do: Stefan becomes more and more of what Julius once was. Paula loses interest in this “new” Stefan, who is suddenly so strangely like her own husband. Julius returns home as the winner. Or maybe not?

Cast

Julius
Heiner Lauterbach
Stefan
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Paula
Ulrike Kriener
Angelika
Janna Marangosoff
Marita Strass
Marie-charlott Schüler
Lothar
Dietmar Bär
Frau Lennert
Edith Volkmann
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Men

Doris Dörrie

  • Fiction
Production Country / Year
Language
dt. OF ohne UT
Format
DCP, Color, 99min
1.78:1 (16:9), Discrete 5.1
Original Title
Männer

Director & Crew

Doris Dörrie

Born in Hannover in 1955. Studied Drama, psychology and semiotics in the United States, later student at the Munich HFF. Professor at the HFF, film and opera director, writer.

Filmography

1978 Der erste Walzer Spielfilm 1978
1980 Katharina Eiselt Dokumentarfilm
1981 Von Romantik keine Spur Dokumentarfilm
1978 Dazwischen Fernsehspiel 1978
1983 Mitten ins Herz Spielfilm 1983
1984 Im inneren des Wals Spielfilm
1985 Männer Spielfilm 1985
1986 Paradies Spielfilm 1986
1988 Me and Him/Ich und Er Spielfilm
1989 Geld Spielfilm
1991 Happy Birthday, Türke! Spielfilm 1991
1994 Keiner liebt mich Spielfilm
1998 Bin ich schön Spielfilm
1999 Erleuchtung garantiert Spielfilm 1999
2002 Nackt Spielfilm
2005 Der Fischer und seine Frau Spielfilm
2006 How to Cook Your Life Dokumentation
2008 Kirschblüten – Hanami Spielfilm
2010 Die Friseuse Spielfilm
2012 Glück Spielfilm
2014 Alles Inklusive Spielfilm
Dieses schöne Scheissleben Dokumentarfilm
2016 Grüße aus Fukushima Spielfilm
2019 Kirschblüten & Dämonen Spielfilm
Der Club der singenden Metzger Spielfilm
Writer
Doris Dörrie
Director of Photography
Helge Weindler
Editor
Raimund Barthelmes
Production Designer
Jörg Neumann
Costume Designer
Jörg Trees
Sound
Michael Etz
Music Composer
Claus Bantzer
Make-up
Werner Albert Püthe
Producer
Elvira Senft
Helmut Rasp
Denyse Noever