Gigantic

Sep 30, 1999

1h 20m

★ 7.6

Overview

The Hamburg friends Walter, Ricco and Floyd take each day as it comes between the estates of tower blocks and fast food restaurants. All three are in their early twenties and are dreaming of another life when Floyd suddenly takes a job on a freighter going to Singapore.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

X Filme Creative Pool

NDR

ARTE

Gigantic Trailers

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Cast

Floyd

Frank Giering

Ricco

Florian Lukas

Walter

Antoine Monot Jr.

Telsa

Julia Hummer

Snake

Jochen Nickel

Elvis

Albert Kitzl

Klaus

Hannes Hellmann

Horst

Gustav Peter Wöhler

Meister

Peter Franke

Dulle

Guido A. Schick

Walters grandmother

Silvana Bosi

Hans

Johannes Silberschneider

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