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Ödipussi

Ödipussi

19886.91h 28m

Overview

Paul Winkelmann is the CEO of a successful business in Hamburg that he took over after the death of his father eight years ago. But he is still strongly dominated by his 78 year old mother who cares for him as a child, and who cannot understand why he took an apartment on his own after all these years. The real "problem" starts when Paul gets to know psychologist Margarethe Tietze whose relationship to her parents is also not so easy after all.

Directed by Vicco von Bülow
Written by Vicco von Bülow
Produced by Horst Wendlandt
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Top Cast

Vicco von Bülow

Vicco von Bülow

Paul Winkelmann

Evelyn Hamann

Evelyn Hamann

Margarethe Tietze

Katharina Brauren

Katharina Brauren

Paul's Mother

Edda Seippel

Edda Seippel

Gerda Tietze

Richard Lauffen

Richard Lauffen

Kurt Tietze

K

Klaus Schultz

Mr. Weber

Rosemarie Fendel

Rosemarie Fendel

Frau Westphal

W

Walter Hoor

Ballett Master

R

Rose Renée Roth

Aunt Mechthild

Udo Thomer

Udo Thomer

Mr. Meier-Grabenhorst

Themes & Keywords

furnituremilanmama's boy

About Ödipussi

Ödipussi is a comedy film released in 1988 exploring themes of furniture, milan, mama's boy. Directed by Vicco von Bülow, it stars Vicco von Bülow, Evelyn Hamann, Katharina Brauren. Paul Winkelmann is the CEO of a successful business in Hamburg that he took over after the death of his father eight years ago. But he is still strongly dominated by his 78 year old mother who cares for him as a child, and who cannot understand why he took an apartment on his own after all these years. The real "problem" starts when Paul gets to know psychologist Margarethe Tietze whose relationship to her parents is also not so easy after all.

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