
Otto - The Movie(1985)
East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.


Otto is the only one who is able to save his Frisian fatherland; but he needs the help of his brother, who is abroad. But his brother does not want to fulfill what he has sworn as a child. So it takes Otto a while to convince him while time is running low for his plans to save East-Frisia.

Otto Waalkes
Otto / Benno Gross

Barbara May
Frauke

Hans Peter Hallwachs
Grödel

Volkmar Kleinert
Van Devil

Arnold Marquis
Baron von Platt

Christine Neubauer
Frieda

Hansi Jochmann
Karin

Vicco von Bülow
Paul Winkelmann

Katharina Brauren
Louise Winkelmann
Uwe Hacker
Man On Plane
Otto – The Alien from East Frisia is a comedy film released in 1989 exploring themes of demolition, lighthouse, east friesland. Directed by Otto Waalkes, it stars Otto Waalkes, Barbara May, Hans Peter Hallwachs. Otto is the only one who is able to save his Frisian fatherland; but he needs the help of his brother, who is abroad. But his brother does not want to fulfill what he has sworn as a child. So it takes Otto a while to convince him while time is running low for his plans to save East-Frisia.
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