Hochwürden erbt das Paradies

Nov 14, 1993

1h 33m

★ 2.0

Overview

A village pastor and a tourism entrepreneur come into conflict over building land on which the pastor wants to build a youth center and the entrepreneur wants to build a luxury hotel. When a parishioner bequeathed "paradise" to the pastor, which is a well-known brothel, the entrepreneur plans to put the press on him. However, the entrepreneur's daughter and her lover take the pastor's side.

Genres

Comedy

TV Movie

Production Companies

Lisa Film

RTL

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Cast

Gustav

Hans Clarin

Eva Stiller

Julia Biedermann

Robert

Thomas Steiner

Oskar Stiller

Jochen Busse

Matthias

Tony Wegas

Claudia

Johanna Hohloch

Mitzi

Dagmar Koller

Alma

Gudrun Velisek

Sonnenhof Bäuerin

Else Quecke

Pharmacist

Kurt Weinzierl

Matthias' Friend

Götz Otto

Paradise Girl

Renate Muhri

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