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Manta, Manta

Manta, Manta

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Overview

A not-so-clever guy called Bertie with an Opel Manta (a low-budget European sports coupé from the '80s) gets competition in a street race from a guy with a fast Mercedes, and another slick guy with a Ferrari tries to get his hands on Bertie's girlfriend.

Directed by Wolfgang Büld
Written by Stefan Cantz
Produced by Peter Zenk, Martin Moszkowicz, Bernd Eichinger
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Top Cast

Til Schweiger

Til Schweiger

Bertie

Tina Ruland

Tina Ruland

Uschi

Stefan Gebelhoff

Stefan Gebelhoff

Gerd

Sabine Berg

Sabine Berg

Florentine

Michael Kessler

Michael Kessler

Klausi

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Nadja Naidenow

Angie

Ömer Simsek

Ömer Simsek

Hakan

Beatrice Manowski

Beatrice Manowski

Sabine

Martin Armknecht

Martin Armknecht

Axel

Karin Johnson

Karin Johnson

Axels Freundin

Themes & Keywords

car racehairdresserruhridiotstreet racestreet racingstreet racers

About Manta, Manta

Manta, Manta is a comedy, action film released in 1991 exploring themes of car race, hairdresser, ruhr, idiot, street race, street racing. Directed by Wolfgang Büld, it stars Til Schweiger, Tina Ruland, Stefan Gebelhoff. A not-so-clever guy called Bertie with an Opel Manta (a low-budget European sports coupé from the '80s) gets competition in a street race from a guy with a fast Mercedes, and another slick guy with a Ferrari tries to get his hands on Bertie's girlfriend.

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