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Enlightenment Guaranteed

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Enlightenment Guaranteed

Jan 20, 2000

1h 49m

★ 6.9

Two Strangers in a Strange Land.

Overview

Two middle aged German brothers - one New Age and recently divorced, the other uptight and sceptical - travel to a Zen monastery in Japan in search of enlightenment, or perhaps just in search of themselves.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Megaherz

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Cast

Uwe Ochsenknecht

Uwe

Uwe Ochsenknecht

Gustav Peter Wöhler

Gustav

Gustav Peter Wöhler

Petra Zieser

Petra

Petra Zieser

Ulrike Kriener

Ulrike

Ulrike Kriener

Heiner Lauterbach

Heiner

Heiner Lauterbach

Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht

Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht

Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht

Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht

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