Dummy

Sep 12, 2002

1h 31m

★ 5.9

Sometimes you need a little help finding yourself.

Overview

An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may thwart his new career and love life.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Dummy Productions LLC

Quadrant Entertainment

Dummy Trailers

Cast

Steven Schoichet

Adrien Brody

Fangora "Fanny" Gurkel

Milla Jovovich

Heidi Schoichet

Illeana Douglas

Lorena Fanchetti

Vera Farmiga

Fern Schoichet

Jessica Walter

Lou Schoichet

Ron Leibman

Michael Foulicker

Jared Harris

Mrs. Gurkel

Helen Hanft

Sorensen

Richmond Hoxie

Bonnie

Mirabella Pisani

Theater Director

Adam LeFevre

The year 1933: Successful actress Maria Rheine is in love with her Jewish colleague Mark Löwenthal. When the Nazis implement the racist Nuremberg Laws, their relationship is severely endangered. Defiant Maria decides to stay together with Mark and ends her promising career: She assumes a Jewish identity and continues to work under the name Manja Löwenthal. She and Mark perform at the Jewish Theatre in Berlin, until they become victims of an intrigue: Their colleague Judith, who has a crush on Mark, denounces them to the secret police.

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